Re: Xpmac

Subject: Re: Xpmac
From: Bodhi (bodhiwan@holly.colostate.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 13:52:38 MST

>I have a curiousity on my machine that I have not seen a solution
>for in the archives here or in a lot of other archives for that
>matter.
>
>I am running the 2.2.14 kernel on an iMac DV and am trying to get
>Xpmac to work. I put a symlink from etc/X11/X to it. But when I
>try 'startx' the fun begins. I get a blue screen (and I thought
>only windows got those) with a mouse controlled cursor. My
>different buttons change the colors on the screen (grey and black)
>but that is all. Though admittedly I have tried to make cool
>pictures with this new drawing tool, that has gotten me nowhere to
>figuring out how to make Xpmac work. I started a script before
>'startx' and this is what I got:
>Script started on Mon Jan 10 19:16:13 2000 [bodhiwan@Rover bodhiwan]$ startx
>hostname: Unknown host
>
>Xpmac / X Window System (X11R6.3)
>Release Date: October 28, 1999
>
>Running in mode=0, depth=8; req mode=0 depth=0
>Using VT number 7
>Mapped frame buffer (physaddr 0x94008000 size 0xc0010) at 0x30027000.
>ATI Rage128 RL(0x524c) detected.
>Rage128 PCI: Membase:0x94000000, IObase:0x0400, Regbase0:0x90000000
>Rage128: Aperture0:0x90000000, Aperture1:0x96000000, Aperture
>size:0x02000000, Memory size:8 MB
>Rage128: Framebuffer:0x94008000, Regbase0:0x90000000(0x30015000),
>Regbase1:0x90002000(0x30017000)
>Rage128: Configured as little endian mode.
>Starting acceleration...
>failed to set default font path
>'/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/
>X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/
>lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/'
>Fatal server error:
>could not open default font 'fixed'
>xinit: unexpected signal 2
>
>
>
>[bodhiwan@Rover bodhiwan]$ exit
>Script done on Mon Jan 10 19:16:29 2000
>Seeing the 'failed to set default font path' I added /usr/X11R6/lib
>and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts to my path. ...to no avail.
>
>Is there anyone that can help with this?
>Thanks
>
>ps I am booting via yaboot_0.4 with the line 'novideo' in my .conf file
>and have not run xconfigator
>--
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>
>
>-I keep signing and this is all I get
>
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Updating XFree86 from YDL's Ruff Pack
(ftp://ftp.devel.yellowdoglinux.com) made all the difference in the
world in case anyone is interested. Now Xpmac works. 

-- 
-B

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