Re: ATI Rage128 video out didn't work

[Matthias Grimm <matthiasgrimm@users.sourceforge.net>]

Am Donnerstag, 25. November 2004 16:19 schrieb Julien BLACHE:
> Matthias Grimm <matthiasgrimm@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> First, you need to patch the kernel, this way:
>
> --- prom_init.c.orig    2004-09-07 11:31:26.534522288 +0200
> +++ prom_init.c 2004-09-07 11:32:20.460324320 +0200
> @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
>                         break;
>         }
>
> -       for (j=0; j<prom_num_displays; j++) {
> +       for (j=0; j<1; j++) {
>                 path = prom_display_paths[j];
>                 prom_print("opening display ");
>                 prom_print(path);
>
>
> prom_init.c lies in the arch/ppc/kernel directory for a 2.4 kernel, in
> the arch/ppc/syslib directory for a 2.6 kernel. IIRC there is a
> comment before the for() loop in the 2.4 kernel.
>
> After that, and a reboot, m3mirror will work just fine.

You are absolutely right :-)
Thanks a lot. It works perfectly now.

  Best Regards 
   Matthias