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Re: kernel 2.6.0-test9 & xfree86



On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 06:23, Adam Done wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 15:20, Michel DXnzer wrote: 
> > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 07:19, Adam Done wrote:
> > > After many test compiles with all 2.6.x kernels I have come up with an
> > > issue dealing with xfree86 4.2.1-13.  When the system was done booting
> > > and ran gdm I only could use one X display and had no access to any
> > > tty terminal windows.  I  then tried to boot into text first and found
> > > out that I  could use any tty to log in to the box.  Now when I use
> > > startx it does not start in the correct tty but in tty1 and then have
> > > no access to any other tty.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > Section "Device"
> > >         Identifier      "ati128"
> > >         Driver          "fbdev"
> > >         BusID           "PCI:0:16:0"
> > >         Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
> > > EndSection
> > 
> > Option "UseFBDev" makes no sense with the fbdev driver, so it's ignored.
> > You really want to use the ati / r128 driver though, but that requires
> > aty128fb in console, and it sounds like you may be running OFfb.
> 
> 
> My yaboo.conf file contains this for my kernel options
> 
> append="video=aty128fb:vmode:22"
> 
> my display is one of the orrig Apple 22" cinema Flatpanel displays on
> a rage128 card.
> 
> XFree86config file:
> I commented out the 
> option     "UseFBdev"

The r128 driver doesn't work without it on Macs.

> i changed out the:
> Driver      "fbdev"  for
> Driver      "r128" all i got when trying to start the xserver was an
> xserver error blue screen and an option trying to stop gdm or
> continue.  I  had this issure for quite some time and the fbdev driver
> was the only way I can use the flatpanel display.

Sounds like a monitor and/or mode configuration problem then, but I
won't speculate any more without seeing at least excerpts from the
server log file.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer      |     Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer
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