Re: XFree86 4.0.2 ATI module/driver

["Kin Chung" <khchung001@hotmail.com>]

> 	I have a StarMax 5500/200 running potato and I'm attempting to
> get XFree86 4.0.2 to work.  Actually, I'd be fine with 3.3.6 too,
> however, the debian install didn't set me up a working solution.
> anXious claimed I needed the Mach64 server, which makes sense, given
> the Starmax's ATI Rage Pro II card, however, that server was not
> installed, leaving me with XF86FBDev.  I don't know a whole lot about
> the details of running X on a PPC so I may be missing something
> fundamental.
>
> 	After compiling and installing X 4.0.2, startx would fail due
> to the missing ati driver/module.  I looked around for this module and
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> (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0
> (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
> (--) PCI: (0:17:0) ATI Mach64 GT rev 154, Mem @ 0x81000000/24,
> 0xfffff000/12, I/O @ 0x2000/8
>
> ...
>
> (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.2.3) for chipsets: ati
> (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI),
> 	ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RK (PCI),
> 	ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP),
> 	ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP),
> 	ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)
> (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
> 	ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP)
> (WW) ATI:  PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected!
> (EE) No devices detected.

Have you tried adding
   BusID	"PCI:0:17:0"
to your "Device" section with your ati driver?
I found that for my ibook, even though it _found_ the location, it
was not happy unless you told it the location.  Don't pretend to know
why.

Cheers,

Kin Hoong
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