Xorg + FreeBSD 9.0BETA3 on iMac 5,1

[richo]

On 17/10/11 22:32 -0400, Justin Hibbits wrote:
>On Oct 17, 2011, at 10:05 PM, richo wrote:
>
>>Hi list
>>
>>I've just installed FreeBSD 9.0BETA3 on my G5 iMac (I'm about 90% 
>>sure it's a
>>5,1, it's the 1.8 ghz one without iSight)
>>
>>Everything is working great except I can't get Xorg to run up. I 
>>know that X
>>does work on this hardware as I've had it going with linux, openBSD 
>>and ( I
>>think ) an older freeBSD release at some point.
>>
>>X -configure and relevant parts of pciconf -lv follow:
>>domino# X -configure
>>X.Org X Server 1.7.7
>>Release Date: 2010-05-04
>>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
>>Build Operating System: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT powerpc Current 
>>Operating System: FreeBSD domino.psych0tik.net 10.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 
>>10.0-CURRENT #1: Mon Oct 17 09:18:22 EST 2011     
>>richo at domino.psych0tik.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DOMINO powerpc
>>Build Date: 17 October 2011  10:58:04PM
>> Current version of pixman: 0.22.2
>>        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>>        to make sure that you have the latest version.
>>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>>        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>>        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
>>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Oct 17 23:58:02 2011
>>Missing output drivers.  Configuration failed.
>>domino# pciconf -lv
>>vgapci0 at pci0:0:16:0:    class=0x030000 card=0x001010de 
>>chip=0x032910de rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00
>>    vendor     = 'nVidia Corporation'
>>    device     = 'NV34M [GeForce FX Go5200]'
>>    class      = display
>>    subclass   = VGA
>>hostb0 at pci0:0:11:0:     class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 
>>chip=0x0058106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>>    vendor     = 'Apple Computer Inc.'
>>    device     = 'U3L AGP Bridge'
>>    class      = bridge
>>    subclass   = HOST-PCI
>>pcib2 at pci1:0:1:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 
>>chip=0x0053106b rev=0x00 hdr=0x01
>>    vendor     = 'Apple Computer Inc.'
>>    device     = 'Shasta PCI Bridge'
>>    class      = bridge
>>    subclass   = PCI-PCI
>>
>>The issue as partially diagnosed in ##freebsd appears to be that the
>>extensions/drivers are being installed as .la and .a not .so as 
>>Xorg seems to
>>expect (this is speculative, but seems to be confirmed by the xorg-server
>>plist)
>>
>>but at this stage I'm very open to suggestion.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>richo
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>richo || Today's excuse:
>>Someone hooked the twisted pair wires into the answering machine.
>
>Hi,
>
>I think our first request would be your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.  
>That should help diagnose the problem.
>
>- Justin

Sorry,

I should have included it. I wrote that quite late after a lot of
hair-pulling-out.

I will post the full log when I get home, but the gist of it is

Could not load glx (module does not exist)
Could not load kbd (module does not exist)
(... etc for mouse, dri, dri2, every module I built, except for nv- if that's
relevant)

Followed by

FATAL: No screens found.

richo


-- 
richo || Today's excuse: 

Neutrino overload on the nameserver
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