Re: XF4 on Wallstret PBG3
> > Please try to apply the attached patch to the 2.2.18 ppc kernel source and
> > recompile.
>
> Applied, compiled, rebooted, configured, and tested. It doesn't crash now,
> thanks. A few things, though.
>
> Can I expect this to work in 2.4.1? I like 2.4, it has devfs and the new
> input layer.
Should work - 2.4 has proper PCI resource management builtin, no need to
shoehorn it onto the atyfb driver as in 2.2.
> I'm using the fbdev driver now, but it's unaccelerated, and unusable. I think
> my kernel arguments are right: video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:32
Sounds about right.
> I was told somewhere that the mclk is optional. it seems to default to 100. I
> tried a mclk of 71, and it was still unaccelerated. I have the 'no video
> driver' and stuff in bootx set up right.
Uncheck the 'no video driver' by all means. mclk has got nothing to do
with acceleration. I use 89 but that may not even be necessary anymore (a
year and half ago the default mclk would result in a flaky display). If
your display looks OK with 71 just leave it at that.
fbdev isn't unuseable for me (though I switched shadowfb off with it).
> The reason I'm using the fbdev driver is because the ati driver fails, the
> relevant errors are:
> (EE) ATI(0): Unable to determine dimensions of panel (ID 0).
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
There's something fundamentally wrong with your XF86Config. Is that the
only error (EE) you get?
Michael
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