Re: X does not use Creator3D

Peter HEINER wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have an Ultra 10 Creator3D model with 4.6 installed.
> As I only have a 13W3 monitor for it, I can't use the onboard Mach64,
> but I need X.
> 
> /usr/X11R6/README suggests that I shouldn't need an xorg.conf, but
> when I fire up X, it dies on the unconfigured Mach64, without any
> sign of detecting the Creator. I dug up an old sparc xorg.conf from
> CVS, but was still unable to configure X to use it with either sunffb
> or wsfb. It seemed like the Creator was not even detected.

You don't need an xorg.conf in most cases. But some specific
configurations still require one.

In your case, iirc you can just disable machfb in the kernel
(/etc/boot.conf) and X should work on the ffb.


> 
> dmesg shows that the Mach64 is attached first, my only guess now is
> to somehow reverse the order, but I don't know to do that.
> 
> Any other suggestions? What do I need to do to make this work?
> 
> Regards,
> Peter
> 


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Matthieu Herrb