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Re: XF86 problem on G4 Ti



On Fre, 2002-09-06 at 00:37, quendor@ameritech.net wrote:
> Recently installed Debian on a new G4 PowerBook. Have had trouble getting X to work.
> I am using the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel and woody. My video card is the ATI Mobility Radeon 
> 7500. In XF86Config I have designated the Driver as 'ati'. 'startx'  doesn't seem to recognize my card.
> I have used lspci to verify the proper pci slot, but it still fails with:
> 
> 	(WW) ATI: PCI/AGP Mach 64 in slot 0:16:0 could not be detected
> 	(EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Based on what I have seen on this list and on google, I'm guessing that it is time to
> compile a new kernel. Any other ideas welcome.

Won't help, you need a newer XFree86. Try Branden's 4.2 packages or my
DRI packages.


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



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