> On 6/28/05, Gabriel Labelle <glabelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I just installed FC4 PPC on my 17" Apple Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz (ATI Radeon > 9600) > > using text mode since trying to do a normal install would get me a black > > screen. > > > > Then on reboot I still get the black screen and I am unable to access a > console. > > I also tried Xautoconfig and system-display-config and still get the black > > screen and still unable to access any console. > > > > I found someone with a similar problem at > > http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=56583 > > > > Thank you for your time and help. > > Yes, that was me. I haven't had any luck with it. I installed Ubuntu > and it worked without a problem, so I copied the xorg.conf file over > from that install to an install of FC4 and still no joy. It's > something deeper than just getting the config file right, sadly. > > Ubuntu works fine though. > > -- > Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx > The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx > against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 > http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves I was finally able to get a GUI on my Powerbook G4. I installed FC4 PPC in text mode and rebooted in runlevel 3 in order to download, install and run Xautoconfig which created a /etc/X11/XF86Config file in which I modified the driver to fbdev instead of radeon. I then renamed /etc/X11/XF86Config to /etc/X11/xorg.conf after deleting the previous existing xorg.conf. Now I have a GUI. Still I can't use 24bits colors, I had to use 16bits (you don't see the difference, but still anoying). Note that you could also directly modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use fbdev at the end of the installation process using Ctrl-Alt-F2 and by chrooting /mnt/sysimage but it seems that firstboot mess up xorg.conf again on reboot by trying to reconfigure xorg.conf. Anyways the problem remains, why can't we use the radeon driver anymore? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
