Re: Working XF86Config for Beige G3
Mark Jaroski wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:08:33AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > Mark Jaroski wrote:
> >
> > > I'm running a custom 2.2.18pre21 kernel, with the PCI quirk
> > > option turned on (which I thought was the fix)..
> > >
> > > Anyhow the ati driver gives my a signal 11 error, and the fbdev
> > > driver causes a kernel panic.
> >
> > The fbdev driver absolutely needs a correct bus ID.
> >
> > Please show us the relevant parts of your XF86Config and the log(s).
>
> Thanks Michel!
>
> Unfortunatly I haven't been able to capture a log from startx
> when using fbdev.
>
> I tried startx &> xlog, but that of course resulted in a kernel
> panic, following which fsck put my home directory and everything
> in it in /lost&found....
I'm sorry about that.
The X server output is at /var/log/XFree86.0.log anyway, and you can minimize
filesystem damage as well as maximize log output by remounting your filesystem
in synchronous mode before trying to start X.
> Bus 0, device 18, function 0:
> VGA compatible controller: ATI Mach64 GT (Rage II) (rev 154).
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Generic Graphics Device"
> BusID "PCI:0:18:0"
> Driver "fbdev"
> EndSection
This looks sane. I guess you need Michael Schmitz' kernel patch (I guess
you're booting with BootX, right?) or a 2.4 kernel.
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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