how to configure X11R6.8.2 on mac mini

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Sat May 21 17:28:24 PDT 2005


The radeon and r128 drivers don't support macs natively on 6.8.x.  you
need to use xorg from cvs otherwise you need to use option usefbdev
along with the kernel radeonfb.

Alex

On 5/21/05, Andreas Fehr <andreas at mrs.ch> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I'm lost, I'm not able to configure R6.8.2 on my mac mini. I always get
> some "(EE) RADEON(0): No valid modes found" "(EE) Screen(s) found, but
> none have a usable configuration." messages.
> 
> wiki.x.org didn't help, as I already have some mode (that's all I found
> on this problem).
> 
> Digging in Xorg.0.log I see, that X detects my graphic card "(--)
> Chipset ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP) found" it loads the driver
> radeon_drv.o and some libvgahw.o. X does not detect the "Video BIOS in
> the PCI space!"
> 
> Then, things get strange, all this testing of default video mode, I have
> some video mode in my xorg.config, why doesn't X use these? Now, I'm
> lost, I tried to disable DDC (Option "DDCMode" "False") but this didn't
> help.
> 
> Now I'm stuck.... it can't be that complicate, can it?
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> Andreas
> 
> 
> Below, find a part of the Xorg.0.log file.
> 
> 
> Xorg.0.log
> ==========
> 
> _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
> _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/<host>:0
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
> 
> X Window System Version 6.8.2
> Release Date: 9 February 2005
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11.9 ppc [ELF]
> Current Operating System: Linux <host> 2.6.11.9 #3 Sat May 14 01:58:50 CEST 2005 ppc
> Build Date: 21 May 2005
>         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
>         to make sure that you have the latest version.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:10:0
> (II) ATI:  Candidate "Device" section "Card0".
> (--) Chipset ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP) found
> 
> <snip>
> 
> (II) Loading sub module "radeon"
> (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o
> (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 4.0.1
>         Module class: X.Org Video Driver
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
> 
> <snip>
> 
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (II) RADEON(0): MMIO registers at 0x90000000
> (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
> (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 0.1.0
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
> (II) RADEON(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03b0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
> (II) RADEON(0): PCI bus 0 card 16 func 0
> (**) RADEON(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
> (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 8 bits stored in 1 byte (8 bpp pixmaps)
> (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
> (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
> (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x5962)
> (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x98000000
> (--) RADEON(0): BIOS at 0xf1000000
> (--) RADEON(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kByte (64 bit DDR SDRAM)
> (II) RADEON(0): AGP card detected
> (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
> (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
> (II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.0.0
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
> (II) Loading sub module "i2c"
> (II) LoadModule: "i2c"
> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a
> (II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>         compiled for 6.8.2, module version = 1.2.0
>         ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
> (WW) RADEON(0): Video BIOS not detected in PCI space!
> (WW) RADEON(0): Attempting to read Video BIOS from legacy ISA space!
> (WW) RADEON(0): Unrecognized BIOS signature, BIOS data will not be used
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): DDC Type: 2, Detected Type: 0
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
> (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
> (II) RADEON(0): DDC Type: 3, Detected Type: 0
> (II) RADEON(0):
> (II) RADEON(0): Primary:
>  Monitor   -- NONE
>  Connector -- DVI-D
>  DAC Type  -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
>  TMDS Type -- Internal
>  DDC Type  -- DVI_DDC
> (II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
>  Monitor   -- NONE
>  Connector -- VGA
>  DAC Type  -- Primary
>  TMDS Type -- External
>  DDC Type  -- VGA_DDC
> (WW) RADEON(0): Video BIOS not detected, using default clock settings!
> (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone mode disabled
> (==) RADEON(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (II) RADEON(0): Validating modes on Primary head ---------
> (II) RADEON(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 31.50-82.00 kHz
> (II) RADEON(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-90.00 Hz
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> 
> <snip>
> 
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
> (WW) RADEON(0): Mode pool is empty
> (EE) RADEON(0): No valid modes found
> (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
> (II) UnloadModule: "i2c"
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a
> (II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
> (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
> (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> 
> Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
>          at http://wiki.X.Org
>  for help.
> Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
> 
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