Re: can't get X to work on ibook

[Nirmal Govind <nirmalg@psu.edu>]

> You should probably post your config. You want to enable the
> framebuffer, to start with I believe. For the pci bus ID, use lspci
> and then convert from binary to decimal.
> 
> e.g. 
> 
> 00:10.0 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RL
> 
> equals 0:16:0
> 

I checked using lspci as you suggested and I have the same 00:10.0 and
that's what's in the XF86config-4 file also. 

I finally managed to get the dri-trunk Xserver.. and after lots of
googling, got it to a point where now I think there's something that
looks simple.. when I startx, it crashes with a signal 11 error stating:

RADEON(0): Failed to open framebuffer device ...

I checked the log file and the problem is that it can't open /dev/fb1
/dev/fb2 etc:

open /dev/fb1: No such device

I checked and the files /dev/fb1 /dev/fb2 etc. exist so I guess the
device doesn't for some reason.. the files look like this:

crw--w----	1 root	video	29,	0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/fb0

What do I need to do to create the devices?

I'm sorry I can't post the config file nor the full log.. I can't
transfer the stuff from my ibook to my other computer... I hope this
information will help with the diagnosis.. I really appreciate the help.

Thanks,
nirmal