Re: ATI Mobility Radeon Patches
On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 23:19, Dan Christensen wrote:
> Lars Steinke <steinke@hpcip00.physik.uni-freiburg.de> writes:
>
> >> Alternatively, is there any work-around I could use in the meantime?
> >
> > Sure use the X11 Framebuffer driver (with the radeonfb driver in Linux 2.4),
>
> Thanks, I just compiled 2.4.17 with radeonfb as a module. When I
> ran startx, it complained about no devices. So I tried "modprobe
> radeonfb". This caused my machine to lock up and my display to
> gradually go an awful shade of white, like it was melting. So
> I quickly pulled the power cord out. The first three times I
> tried to boot after this, my machine froze during the boot process
> or within a minute after. The fourth time it seems to be staying up.
> (With no X.)
>
> Did I do something wrong?
I don't think so, but the radeonfb in 2.4.17 is rather old AFAIK. There
have been big updates since, which could make a difference. If you don't
want to try the current 2.4.18 prerelease, you could try backporting the
radeonfb changes to 2.4.17. Shouldn't be hard.
> Could I have damaged my machine?
Unlikely. I've tortured my PowerBook the same way many times and it's
still alive. :)
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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