Re: Working XF86Config for Beige G3
Mark Jaroski wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:57:32AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Thanks for the tip.. synchronous mode is a completely new
> concept for me. Would I get there by using this?
>
> mount -o remount,sync /
>
> I'll spend some more time reading man mount before I try it.
You figured it out exactly right, but reading documentation never hurts ;)
> > > 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.
>
> Absolutely right, I figured bootx was doing it, and mistook the
> quirky pci option in the kernel config for Michael's patch..
>
> Can you point me to it? I've looked through the November and
> December archives with no luck. Is it further back?
Probably. BTW Michael mentioned last week that it might be in 2.2.18 official.
Is that right Michael or anyone?
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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