Subject: iBook SE 466 running XFree86 4: Success!
From: Bo Brinkman (brinkman@cs.princeton.edu)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 22:45:20 MST
Hi everyone, I know a lot of people have been having problems getting
XFree86 (of any kind) to work on the new iBooks.
The new ibooks have an actual Rage 128 Mobility LF, not a Mach64 (you
will know this is you if you do "cat /proc/fb" and it says "0 ATY
Rage128").
I could not get the 2.2.17 kernels to recognize the framebuffer as a
Rage 128: At boot type the kernel would tell me that it was loading
atyfb (instead of aty128fb as it should have), and give an error code
(something about an unrecognized type). Building the 2.2.18 kernel
solved this problem, although now my display is not usable in console
mode. It has a bunch of bleeding lines on it, so if you don't have a
remote computer so you can telnet to your iBook, maybe this isn't a
solution for you.
Having installed the 2.2.18 kernels (from yellowdog), I then got the
latest version of XFree86 from their CVS repository and built it. I
don't know, perhaps earlier versions would work. I am using the "fbdev"
driver instead of the r128 driver (I could not make the r128 driver
work).
I have included my XF86Config below. Many many many many thanks to core
of the YellowDog team. He is the man, and he gave me the modelines and
keyboard setup that eventually worked for me.
I am currently using video=aty128fb:vmode:12,cmode:16 for my kernel
options in yaboot, though this doesn't seem to make any difference.
-------snip--------------XF86Config------------snip---------
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by Yi, the
# Yellow Dog Linux installation tool.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config" at the shell prompt.)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, YDL 2.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
#FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/TrueType"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/75dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/misc"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/100dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/misc:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/100dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/75dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/misc"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/Type1"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/100dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-7/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/misc:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/100dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/75dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/misc"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/100dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ISO8859-9/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "pex5"
Load "record"
Load "xie"
Load "ddc"
Load "bitmap"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "int10"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
Option "RightAlt" "Meta"
Option "ScrollLock" "Compose"
Option "RightCtl" "Control"
Option "XkbKeycodes" "macintosh_old"
Option "XkbTypes" "default"
Option "XkbCompat" "default"
Option "XkbSymbols" "macintosh/us"
Option "XkbGeometry" "macintosh"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 28-38
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 43-72
# Modes can be specified in two formats. A compact one-line format, or
# a multi-line format.
# These two are equivalent
# ModeLine "1024x768i" 45 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817
Interlace
# Mode "1024x768i"
# DotClock 45
# HTimings 1024 1048 1208 1264
# VTimings 768 776 784 817
# Flags "Interlace"
# EndMode
# This is a set of standard mode timings. Modes that are out of monitor
spec
# are automatically deleted by the server (provided the HorizSync and
# VertRefresh lines are correct), so there's no immediate need to
# delete mode timings (unless particular mode timings don't work on your
# monitor). With these modes, the best standard mode that your monitor
# and video card can support for a given resolution is automatically
# used.
# 640x400 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x400" 25.175 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450
# 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817
Interlace
# 640x400 @ 85 Hz, 37.86 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445
-HSync +VSync
# 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521
# 640x480 @ 75 Hz, 37.50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500
-HSync -VSync
# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
+hsync +vsync
# 640x480 @ 85 Hz, 43.27 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 36 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509
-HSync -VSync
# 1152x864 @ 89 Hz interlaced, 44 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1152x864" 65 1152 1168 1384 1480 864 865 875 985
Interlace
# 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
+hsync +vsync
# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
-hsync -vsync
# 640x480 @ 100 Hz, 53.01 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 45.8 640 672 768 864 480 488 494 530
-HSync -VSync
# 1152x864 @ 60 Hz, 53.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 89.9 1152 1216 1472 1680 864 868 876 892
-HSync -VSync
# 800x600 @ 85 Hz, 55.84 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657
-HSync -VSync
# 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
-hsync -vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 51 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165
Interlace
# 800x600 @ 100 Hz, 64.02 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640
-HSync -VSync
# 1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
# 1152x864 @ 70 Hz, 62.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
# 1280x1024 @ 61 Hz, 64.2 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
# 1024x768 @ 85 Hz, 70.24 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 98.9 1024 1056 1216 1408 768 782 788 822 -HSync
-VSync
# 1152x864 @ 78 Hz, 70.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 110 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
# 1280x1024 @ 70 Hz, 74.59 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068
-HSync -VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 60Hz, 75.00 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
+HSync +VSync
# 1152x864 @ 84 Hz, 76.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 135 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
# 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
# 1024x768 @ 100Hz, 80.21 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 115.5 1024 1056 1248 1440 768 771 781 802
-HSync -VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 76 Hz, 81.13 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
# 1600x1200 @ 70 Hz, 87.50 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 189 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
-HSync -VSync
# 1152x864 @ 100 Hz, 89.62 kHz hsync
Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902
-HSync -VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 85 Hz, 91.15 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072
+HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 75 Hz, 93.75 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
+HSync +VSync
# 1600x1200 @ 85 Hz, 105.77 kHz hsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 220 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244
+HSync +VSync
# 1280x1024 @ 100 Hz, 107.16 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072
-HSync -VSync
# 1800x1440 @ 64Hz, 96.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1800X1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490
+HSync +VSync
# 1800x1440 @ 70Hz, 104.52 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1800X1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490
+HSync +VSync
# 512x384 @ 78 Hz, 31.50 kHz hsync
Modeline "512x384" 20.160 512 528 592 640 384 385 388 404
-HSync -VSync
# 512x384 @ 85 Hz, 34.38 kHz hsync
Modeline "512x384" 22 512 528 592 640 384 385 388 404
-HSync -VSync
# Low-res Doublescan modes
# If your chipset does not support doublescan, you get a 'squashed'
# resolution like 320x400.
# 320x200 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync, 8:5 aspect ratio
Modeline "320x200" 12.588 320 336 384 400 200 204 205 225
Doublescan
# 320x240 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync, 4:3 aspect ratio
Modeline "320x240" 12.588 320 336 384 400 240 245 246 262
Doublescan
# 320x240 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "320x240" 15.750 320 336 384 400 240 244 246 262
Doublescan
# 400x300 @ 56 Hz, 35.2 kHz hsync, 4:3 aspect ratio
ModeLine "400x300" 18 400 416 448 512 300 301 302 312
Doublescan
# 400x300 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "400x300" 20 400 416 480 528 300 301 303 314
Doublescan
# 400x300 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "400x300" 25 400 424 488 520 300 319 322 333
Doublescan
# 480x300 @ 56 Hz, 35.2 kHz hsync, 8:5 aspect ratio
ModeLine "480x300" 21.656 480 496 536 616 300 301 302 312
Doublescan
# 480x300 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "480x300" 23.890 480 496 576 632 300 301 303 314
Doublescan
# 480x300 @ 63 Hz, 39.6 kHz hsync
Modeline "480x300" 25 480 496 576 632 300 301 303 314
Doublescan
# 480x300 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "480x300" 29.952 480 504 584 624 300 319 322 333
Doublescan
# Apple iMac modes
Modeline "1024x768" 78.525 1024 1049 1145 1312 768 769 772 800
+hsync +vsync
Modeline "800x600" 62.357 800 821 901 1040 600 601 604 632
+hsync +vsync
Modeline "640x480" 49.886 640 661 725 832 480 481 484 514
+hsync +vsync
# Apple monitors tend to do 832x624
Modeline "832x624" 57 832 876 940 1152 624 625 628 667
-hsync -vsync
# Apple PowerBook G3
Modeline "800x600" 100 800 816 824 840 600 616 624 640
-hsync -vsync
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:
Identifier "Card0"
#Option "UseFBDev"
Driver "fbdev"
VendorName "ATI"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 15
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubSection
EndSection
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