Re: need help w/ XF86 failing on pismo
On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 10:13, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On 18 Feb 2002, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote:
> > On Fre, 2002-02-15 at 04:37, Karen Boyette wrote:
> > > I am having a problem getting XF86 to run. This is the scenario: fresh
> > > potato install upgraded to SID, running on Pismo powerbook (400,
> > > firewire). When I run "X -configure", it segfaults. Neither the default
> > > XF86Config-4 or other downloaded ones will work, failing w/ no screens
> > > found or no screens with usable configuration. It is loading the proper
> > > (ati) module. Has anyone seen or had experience solving this?
> >
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> >
> > Tell it to use the ati driver with the fbdevhw interface and specify the
> > bus ID. That should do.
>
> Does that fbdevhw option really do anything when combined with the ati driver?
> According to fbset I was using a different video mode than I was really using.
It does something for r128 and radeon, but not for atimisc which you are
using.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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