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Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard



you asked if i am using the latest debs.. i am close to it. i am using
4.0.1-10, and i rsynced the drivers, compiled, and copied and
overwrote ati_drv.o

i'll try the latest though. 

yours,
steven alyari



On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 03:57:32PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> steven alyari wrote:
> > 
> > in the word document you say to configure fbdev and ati
> > 
> > i dont understand why you would do both
> > 
> > i have gotten X to work on my lombard using fbdev as my driver
> > 
> > but not ati. and fbdev sees that my hardware is ATY Mach64 but i
> > suppose this is not the same as having the ati driver? no accel?
> 
> Exactly. I'd say fbdev is for getting X working in the first place and then
> ati is for bonus performance.
> 
> 
> > i use the latest yaboot to boot.
> > 
> > anyway when i use ati i get the following error:
> > 
> > (WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected!
> > See README.ati for details
> 
> Is this with the latest debs?
> 
> 
> Michel
> 
> 
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