RE: X config on 14 inch 700mhz ibook
On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:09, Bill Traynor wrote:
>
> >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:daenzer@debian.org]
> >
> >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 16:23, Bill Traynor wrote:
> >>
> >> I've been trying to configure X on a 14.1" iBook with an ATI
> >Radeon M6
> >> LY and I've been unsuccesful. I've installed kernel
> >2.4.20-pre11-ben0
> >> and the dri-trunk debs. When I issue:
> >>
> >> modprobe agpgart
> >> insmod /usr/src/modules/drm-trunk/radeon.o
> >> startx
> >>
> >> the screen flickers slightly and then just sits there blank.
> >>
> >> After rebooting, my X log only shows 1 error: Cannot read V_BIOS (5)
> >
> >That's not a problem. A common problem is using a wrong mode,
> >but we'd have to see the log to be sure.
>
> Good point, here's my log and XF86Config-4 as well:
[...]
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
Install xfonts-base or better x-window-system-core. It's strange that
you didn't get back to console though, maybe you'd have had to switch
between VTs for radenfb to reinitialize the display.
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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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