Failure to start X on PowerPC Mac Mini G4, ATI Radeon 9200.

[Luke Yelavich]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati

When attempting to either load gdm, or run startx from the command prompt, X fails to start. I first noticed this problem a week ago, after installing updates, and at the time thought something else was broken.

After a fresh install this morning, and downloading all updates, I still get the same failure.

This is on a Mac Mini G4, 1.42Ghz, with a Radeon 9200, 32MB video ram, running kernel 2.6.22-12.39 for powerpc, non-smp. Since the mac mini only has a DVI connector, I am using it with a DVI to VGA converter, that came with the mini. It is connected to a 4-port KVM, which is not DDC capable, i.e, the KVM does not send DDC/resolution probing signals through to the monitor.

Below, I have attached my xorg.conf, the contents of /proc/fb, a copy of the X log file from /var/log, generated by using the startx command, and the relevant section of info from running lspci -vv, and a list of currently loaded modules.

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

Yep, gutsy pwned my Mac Mini :-(

Anyone got a working xorg.conf? I've fiddled with a bunch of settings, and either X doesn't start, or it starts, but doesn't output correctly onto my monitor.

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

BTW: I don't have a KVM. The monitor is a Dell 2000FP LCD connected via DVI.

I've experimented with the MacModel, DefaultConnectorTable, IgnoreEDID, DisplayPriority, and PanelSize options to no avail.

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

This is probably related to some of these: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12525 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443570
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=389007

[Michael R. Head (burner)]

Also maybe dupe of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/141372

[John Stultz (jstultz)]

I've hit this too.

Short-term workaround to use fbdev:
 Driver "fbdev"