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i think i just figured out the problem i've been having since quantal: kms only on radeon. fallback to vesa has meant all sorts of problems like completely corrupted video on return from suspend. i guess for whatever resaon my Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV515/M54 [Mobility Radeon X1400] [1002:7145] doesn't support it as:
$ dmesg | grep "kernel modesetting"
[    2.364231] [drm] VGACON disable radeon kernel modesetting.
$ grep KMS /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    33.036] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
so i guess i need to install catalyst. boo. this seems to be poorly documented on the ubuntu wiki. there's supposed to be this page:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
but it doesn't exist.
anyone else have any insight or thoughts before i go and install this proprietary junk?
wxl

On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:24:23 -0500
Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Not sure if this is the proper list for this.
> 
> Attached is my attempt at getting iMac G3's working with as few steps
> and typing as possible. If anyone thinks it wiki worthy, please feel
> free. I know some of it is in the PPC FAQ already.
> 
> Also, X86 users with old cards hit by the removal of XAA
> (Rage,SIS,Trident,etc.) may find this workaround easier than removing
> the driver and falling back to Vesa.
> Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> ______________________________
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "AnyWordThatAmusesYou"
> Option "NoAccel" "True"
> EndSection
> ______________________________
> 
> BTW, my current "lowest spec success" running Lubuntu 13.04:
> 1999 iMac G3 333 with a whopping 160 Meg of Ram.
> Needless to say it is slow with that little ram, but it runs and can
> browse the web. :)
> 
> Regards,
> Str8


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