Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard

[Sergio Brandano <sb@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>]

 Dear Michel!

 Thank you for your help. The result of
 "lspci | grep VGA" is as follows:

 00:11.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies ...

 I do use atyfb for console, imposed by BootX. I know
 nothing about the ati driver.

 Sergio



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> Sergio Brandano wrote:
> 
> >  I am trying to configure XF4 for Lombard.
> >  The distribution is the latest from Debian,
> >  where I added the fbdv v4.0.1 of the LinuxPPC
> >  distribution (Debian still has the old version).
> >  You can find my XF86Config and the resulting
> >  log at the following address:
> > 
> >  http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~sb/XF4
> 
> Thanks for providing the necessary information.
> 
> 
> >  The PCIBUS is set to 0:16:0, so to allow reading
> >  the log. It should be set to 0:17:0, but if I
> >  do so, the system crashes.
> 
> According to your log, 0:17:0 should be correct. And it should crash for the
> wrong value actually. What does 'lspci | grep VGA' give?
> 
> Hmm, at least 4.0.1f works for me. Do you use atyfb for console? Have you
> tried the ati driver (caution, this will most definitely require Michael's
> kernel patch)?
> 
> 
> Michel
> 
> 
> -- 
> Earthling Michel D_nzer (MrCooper)  \  CS student and free software enthusiast
> Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \   member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
>