Re: Problem with ati r128 and xfree86 4.2.1 (unstable)
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 10:19:16AM +0100, J?r?mie Pierson wrote:
> xfree86 won't start on my g4 733 (with ati rage 128 pro pf, not the
> stock nvidia). I got no warnings or errors in the log, except in the last
> lines where x unloads all modules and tells me that:
> "Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration."
>
> (well, there is a warning around log's start saying that apm open
> failed, but it doesn't seems to be a problem)
>
> It works with the fbdev driver, but is very slow (not surprising) :-(
> (I had to comment the "BusID" line, or xfree complained about a
> resource conflict)
>
> I have a 2.4.20-ben1 kernel with aty128fb compiled in the kernel (not as a
> module), and console works fine.
> I read somewhere in the list archive that you need the aty128fb module
> to be loaded. Does it really mean that it must be compiled as a module ?
No. Did you specify the "UseFBDev" option in the "Device" section? It
needs that. Though I can't imagine it causing that. Can you provide more
context from the logs than just one line?
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Derrik Pates
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dpates@voxel.net
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