FC5|iBook G4 (Ati 9550) - X/graphical install problem.

Fool · #1 20th March 2006, 08:15 PM

Hello everybody.

I use fedora core on my x86 PC for quite a long time now.

Today, with FC5 coming out, I just tried to install it on my 14" G4 iBook (with ati radeon 9550, 1,42Ghz CPU).
But after the media check, when anaconda wants to start X, it just hangs.
I got a totally white screen, then red, then green, then blue, then gray, and over.
Looks like a video test, but it never ends (I waited at least 10 minutes).

Any clue ?

(sorry for my pooooor english)

stmiller · #2 21st March 2006, 12:35 AM

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=180735

It's a bug in x.org. There will have to be an update of xorg with patches to fix this. I'm in the same boat. New (refurb) powermac G5 but no X.

stmiller · #3 21st March 2006, 12:37 AM

But you CAN install FC5, even with the X issues. Type this at the boot prompt:

linux text

at the boot. This will install it just fine. Though X won't start after you install b/c of the bug report issues.

Fool · #4 21st March 2006, 12:48 AM

Text install just work, but IMHO there is no point installing FC5 on an iBook if I can't even get a GUI.
I'll just wait for new x.org packages.

stmiller · #5 21st March 2006, 01:09 AM

Okay I just had success with getting X to start, with the fbdev driver:

Code:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "fbdev"
#      Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
        BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
        BusID       "PCI:240:16:0"
        Option      "UseFBDev" "true"
        Option      "MonitorLayout" "CRT, NONE"

I specified the screen (I'm using a 21" Apple Studio CRT):

Code:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection

And I commented out the load dri and load glx. And I did startx and it works! So now no 3D, but at least it's usable. Try the fbdev driver and see if it works.