[ntsc]

hi

i'm installing gentoo linux on my iBook G3 600. unfortunately i've run into a snag with X. i've emerged kde and tried to startx, but it complained that it didn't have a config file. so i had a poke about and made the example config file the config file but that has resulted in it spitting out the error "Using vt7 (EE) No devices detected" and then "Fatal server error: no screens found"

does anyone know how to sort this?

[[APi]TheMan]

Originally posted by ntsc:
does anyone know how to sort this?

I hardly use X on Linux, but you usually have to use a tool that creates a config file, like Xconfigurator. I usually go search http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/ or ask the guys in #gentoo on irc.freenode.net. I run Gentoo on x86 hardware, but there's a PPC channel at #gentoo-ppc. They can usually help you there.

[jamil5454]

if you have XFree, try x86config, or if you have Xorg, try xorgconfig.

[cocoanut]

Linux-ppc users have a mighty usefull tool called 'Xautoconfig'. It's a ppc only tool (yay!) that gives you a working X config in a second.
Just 'emerge Xautoconfig', then run it, then startx.

[jamil5454]

You could also try editing your X config file by hand to specify the driver to use as "vga" or even "vesa".

[I was David B.]

Originally Posted by ntsc

hi

i'm installing gentoo linux on my iBook G3 600. unfortunately i've run into a snag with X. i've emerged kde and tried to startx, but it complained that it didn't have a config file. so i had a poke about and made the example config file the config file but that has resulted in it spitting out the error "Using vt7 (EE) No devices detected" and then "Fatal server error: no screens found"

does anyone know how to sort this?

Thats one reason why I use Yellow Dog.

[clam2000]

There are plenty configs out there for your computer, just do a google search for xf86config ibook clamshell, and you'll find a handful that you can try.

the problem you've run into is that you haven't correctly configured a monitor device in your config, however doing so by hand requires your knowledge of at least the horizontal and vertical refresh rates, which is why it's much simpler to just use Xautoconfig or copy someone elses.

[alari]

Try

X -configure

it will try to autodetect your hardware and creata a configuration file in root's home directory.

[servo]

Emerge Xautoconfig. It gave me a perfect config for my 700 MHz G3 iBook.