atom feed7 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-ppcXorg can't find my graphics card
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Ross GohlkeJan 12, 2008 12:56 pm 
Torfinn IngolfsenJan 12, 2008 3:21 pm 
Ross GohlkeJan 12, 2008 8:48 pm 
Torfinn IngolfsenJan 13, 2008 3:21 am 
Ross GohlkeJan 13, 2008 9:06 am 
Torfinn IngolfsenJan 14, 2008 10:30 am 
Peter GrehanJan 14, 2008 10:58 am 
Subject:Xorg can't find my graphics card
From:Torfinn Ingolfsen (torf@broadpark.no)
Date:Jan 13, 2008 3:21:58 am
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-ppc

On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:07:56 -0600 (CST) Ross Gohlke <deve@grinz.com> wrote:

Yes, I tried it first. Running this did not result in xorg.conf being created in /root, or anywhere.

OK. BTW, in case you dont know 'pciconf -lv | grep -B 4 VGA' will report what kind of video card you have.

I was working from the FreeBSD documentation:

Good.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html X and Xorg seem to do the same thing.

Yes, X is a symlink to Xorg.

(WW) xf86EnableIO 5 (II) xf86EnableIO: ffffffff (WW) Can't map IO space!

Aha, Here is a clue. Try 'sysctl hw.ofwfb.relax_mmap=1' before you use X, Xorg or startx. All that from an earlier thread[1] on this mailing list.

References: 1) http://groups.google.com/group/lucky.freebsd.ppc/browse_thread/thread/f0c48b804f6e4026/3b894d8be1fe7a35?lnk=st&q=xorg-server+1.4_2%2C1+fails+on+RELENG_7#3b894d8be1fe7a35

HTH

-- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen