iMac G3 vs. Xorg/xfce4: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object [Unable to test Justin H.'s powerpc fixes on G3]

Jason Bacon jwbacon at tds.net
Thu Jun 18 21:20:15 UTC 2015


That helped, thanks.  There are still issues with screen updating and vt 
switching, but I'll play with those in the background for a while.

On 06/18/15 14:37, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> You need to set "UseFBDev" to "False" in your xorg.conf. This is some 
> Linuxism in the driver.
> -Nathan
>
> On 06/11/15 07:44, Jason Bacon wrote:
>>
>> FYI, I'm attempting to run sysutils/desktop-installer on an iBook 
>> G3.  It has mostly gone fine, but I encountered the same Xorg issue 
>> described here:
>>
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ppc/2014-September/007194.html 
>>
>>
>> Has anyone found a solution or workaround?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>     Jason
>>
>
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