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RE: Settings of XFConfig86-4 for PowerBook G3



On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 10:19, Corsini Egidio wrote: 
> ... and the driver should be r128

No, it shouldn't, see below.


> I'm trying to setup X on my PowerBook G3. When on the 2.2 kernel
> installed by Debian, I manage to launch X using "fbdev" device (but not
> "ati"). When switching to a 2.4.19 kernel though, even that does not
> work. I have sifted through this mailing list, tried various suggested
> settings, but without success.

Maybe you're running OFfb now instead of atyfb?


> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"ATI"
> 	Driver		"ati"
> 	BusID		"PCI:00:17:00"
> 	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"

This option has no effect with your chip, it shouldn't hurt though.

> EndSection


> (--) PCI: (0:17:0) ATI Mach64 LI rev 220, Mem @ 0x81000000/24,
> 0x80881000/12, I/O @ 0x0c00/8

Definitely not a Rage128. Driver "ati" should work with any supported ATI
chip anyway. (As you can see, the bus ID in the device section is correct.
lspci reports hex values)


> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (bad mode clock/interlace/
> doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (bad mode clock/interlace/
> doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (bad mode clock/interlace/
> doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for
> mode)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (bad mode clock/
> interlace/doublescan)
> (II) ATI(0): Not using built-in mode "Native panel mode" (vrefresh out of
> range)
> (WW) ATI(0): Mode pool is empty

This is the problem, looks like the ranges in the monitor section are
too restrictive.


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast


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