problems starting X on a G3 iBook with recent snapshots;

[marius]

On 3/29/07, Peter Hessler <phessler at theapt.org> wrote:

> :- there are quite a few messages like the one below, for all the
> :possible screen resolutions:
> :(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> :
> :- this is the last message in the log file while X is running:
> :(**) RADEON(0): RADEONSaveScreen(2)
> :
> :Thanks, Marius
> :
> :PS. I'm only subscribed to the daily digest, so please CC me on your response.
>
> I was getting the above messages on my macppc laptop when I had
> forgotten to switch on 'machdep.allowaperture=2'.  Uncomment that line
> in your /etc/sysctl.conf, then restart.  The details (and caveats) are
> explained in the xf86(4) man page.
>

Hi Peter,

I had answered "yes" to the "will you be running X" question during
the installation, so the allowaperture is already set to 2. I should
have mentioned that I had already checked that.

Marius