[DC LoCo] X --configure issues with a G5

[Aaron M. Ucko]

Matthew Langbehn <matthew.langbehn at gmail.com> writes:

> I am currently in the process of repurposing (starting with installing
> Kubuntu 11.04) a Mac G5 (PowerPC) and am having trouble getting X working.

I've never tried running Linux on Apple hardware myself, but the log
suggests one possible explanation for your trouble:

> [  1184.576] (--) PCI:*(0:240:16:0) 1002:4e48:1002:4e48 rev 0, Mem @ 0xa0000000/268435456, 0x90000000/65536, I/O @ 0x00000400/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072

X found a single PCI video device (a Radeon R350 "9800 Pro" per
/usr/share/misc/pci.ids).

> [  1184.916] (++) Using config file: "/home/matthew/xorg.conf.new"
> [  1184.920] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> [  1184.950] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
> [  1184.950] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
> [  1184.950] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
> [  1184.950] (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
> [  1184.950] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
> [  1184.950] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
> [  1184.951] (**) |   |-->Device "Card1"

However, your configuration file directs it to use a second video card
as well.  X doesn't like the discrepancy:

> [  1185.022] Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
>   Configuration failed.

Please try commenting out any references to Screen1, Monitor1, or Card1.

-- 
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
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