Re: kernel 2.6.0-test9 & xfree86

[Adam Done <donestudios@gmx.net>]

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"

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.

-Adam