No X on PowerMac G5

Christoph Grüll chris.gruell at gmail.com
Sun Nov 3 22:30:39 UTC 2013


Hello there :)

Recently installed FreeBSD on my PowerMac G5 7,3 2.0DP and just wow,
it works great!
But not X ...

I read several guides, tried to use vesa instead of ati (ATI 9600),
tried to turn off AllowEmptyInput and UseFBDev, etc, nothing really
work. Build and rebuild X with and without HAL support. I always get
the same error. Here's the thread showing my work:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=238735



Here's what happens when I startx:



root at asturias:/home/666 # startx
xauth:  file /root/.serverauth.3943 does not exist
xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "asturias:0" in "list" command
xauth: (stdin):1:  bad display name "asturias:0" in "add" command


X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE powerpc
Current Operating System: FreeBSD asturias 9.2-RELEASE FreeBSD
9.2-RELEASE #0 r255898: Fri Sep 27 02:57:14 UTC 2013
root at snap.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/powerpc.powerpc64/usr/src/sys/GENERIC64
powerpc
Build Date: 02 November 2013  06:57:57PM

Current version of pixman: 0.30.0
	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: Sun Nov  3 22:28:04 2013
(==) Using config file: "/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.

xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "asturias:0" in "remove" command



Thanks for help.
Cheers, Chris


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