Newbie - Mac G5 Dual PPC 970 @ 2Ghz

[Super Bisquit]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Ian Chapman <packages at amiga-hardware.com>wrote:

> On 04/02/2012 07:11 PM, Milan Obuch wrote:
>
>  and it appears and feels much faster now. I was wondering if these
>>> debugging options are on for a reason or whether it was an oversight?
>>>
>>
>> I think this could be an oversight... those are option for debugging
>> using mostly in -CURRENT, so probably they should be taken out in
>> 9-STABLE... We are already after 9.0 RELEASE.
>>
>
> Ah that's good, I'm less worried about something exploding because I
> removed them :-)
>
>
>  Anyway the real stumbling block is getting X to work.
>>
>> You'll need to do Xorg -configure -retro.

The tutorial at the forums- a group project by direct and indirect input
from the mailing list members-  has a few pointers.
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=13827
I know that Torfinn and Nathan both have such a machine. I'll add them as a
CC to the message to see if they can add a little of something.

> I did see a
>>> similar issue in the archives but wondered if anyone at resolve it.
>>> My graphics card is as follows:
>>>
>>> vgapci0 at pci0:0:16:0:    class=0x030000 card=0x41521002
>>> chip=0x41521002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>>>      vendor     = 'ATI Technologies Inc'
>>>
>>
>  Can't help much here - I did not yet reach that far. It would be
>> interesting to see your full dmesg output somewhere, at least for
>> comparing hardware.
>>
>
> Sure, no problem. Here's full the dmesg output after a clean boot
>
> http://pastebin.com/ZsyFe7nw
>
> --
> Ian Chapman.
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