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Re: Configuring XF4 for Lombard



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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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)  \  CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \   member of XFree86 and the DRI project



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