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[Dan Mahn <mahnd06@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jose, are you entering these commands in yaboot, or a specific shell to fix
your xorg.conf?


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jose,
>
> Glad it helped. I was trying to keep it short as possible. You may be
> able to eek a little better performance if you add
> DefaultDepth 16 in the screen section. (If you don't mind the lower
> color depth.)
>
> Also, <ctl> x and Y to save should do the same thing, I just prefer to
> see the save first. Kind of the same as clicking file/save vs.
> clicking exit and then yes to save changes in a GUI app.
>
> Regards,
> Str8
>
> On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all, I just want to thank Str8bs for sharing that last
> >
> > nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> >  I have the IMac G3 333 Mhz tray loading it is one of the first ones. I
> > updated the ram to 256mb and the Hdd to 80 gig. any ways after months of
> > reading and testing the final thing I was doing wrong was not saving the
> > xorg script correctly. I just need it to do the (ctrl o enter and then
> ctrl
> > x. After logging out of lightdm and logging back in, It was great to see
> > Lubuntu come alive. I will put together some screen shots and post them.
> > thank you Jose
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Jose Lopez <josewendy1@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> @str8bs, dude I have a G3 like yours that I installed Lubuntu with the
> >> alternate, but I can't get the **** thing to boot. Last time I tryed the
> >> (Create simple /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and the (
> >>
> >>  sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf) I still did not get it to work. I will
> try
> >> your steps tomorrow and will let you know my results. I this works you
> will
> >> be my hero.
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> Jose
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Str8bs <str8bslinux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi wxl,
> >>> Not much help I know, but R500 appears to be well supported.
> >>> <http://www.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature>
> >>> VGACON is odd. Any chance an extra onboard GPU is getting detected?
> >>> lsmod show anything besides radeon like i915?
> >>> Does dmesg | grep -i drm show anything interesting?
> >>>
> >>> Str8
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:56 PM, ∅ <maps.backward@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> > 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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