Trying to use Radeon driver on Apple eMac

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Sun Dec 21 21:39:13 PST 2008


On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Kerry Hall <kerryhall at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Alex! I basically tried everything that Joseph tried. The screen flickers
> twice, then is black. The only thing that has made any difference in visual
> output has been trying various connector table options, but I am not sure which
> ones to use. When using a connector table option, a few white lines appear on
> the screen but then it goes black. Also, I recompiled the xserver-xorg-video-ati
> package, I am using version 6.8.0. I am almost at my wit's end with this.
> Posting Xorg.0.log and my xorg.conf. Thanks!!
>

Hey Kerry,

What card/system are you trying to get working?  If this is another
eMac, you 'll need to use the ati driver from git, or add the
ConnectorTable option and modeline(s) from the eMac thread.

Alex

> <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/abd425/n/xorg_conf">xorg.conf</a><br />
> <a href="http://www.filefactory.com/file/80cbb0/n/Xorg_0_log">Xorg.0.log</a><br />



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