Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hey folks--
> >
> > I need some help setting up an Xserver on an older Mac.
> > The machine is a stock PowerMac 8500 with 172MB memory and has a clean
> > woody install.
> >
> > Does anyone have an XFree86Config for this such a machine?
> > There's likely to be other stuff which needs tweaking as well.
> >
> > Thanks--
> > --rich
>
> Hi Rich,
>
> I run a powermac clone, the Motorola StarMax 3000/160. I installed
> potato but the kernel is 2.4.17 with mac_hid. Here is some of
> my XF86Config:
<snip>
Thanks E.! It had enough hints to get me to the grey screen with a working
cursor.
The biggest hints were:
device driver "fbdev"
mouse protocol "IMPS/2"
setting color depth (16bpp for my VRAM)
But, I'm not out of the woods yet. startx reports a number of errors:
Things seem to run fine until FBDev(0): Backing store disabled.
Then
1) there are 64
ioctl FBIOPUTCMAP: Function not implemented
messages
2) FBDev(0): DPMS enabled
3) the dreaded
PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file Roman_M
4) several messages related to mouse startup
5) final message is
Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve these?
I should note that gdm had some installation problems. I got a dpkg error
but a subsequent dpkg --config -a appeared to complete successfully.
Thanks again,
--rich
