On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, rcc wrote:
> > > I will test RC3 tonight, but previous releases (RC1 and RC2) and also > > LM 8.2 had broken Xfree86 4.2 with a ATI Mach64 VT. No matter what > > > resolution and color depth I choose, the result is a black screen > > > without image in the installation phase; also X refuse to start at > > > all. These Mandrake revisions work with Xfree 3.3, but previously the > > server had Mandrake 8.1 with XFree 4.1 and it worked without problem. > > Also RedHat Null worked without problem and using XFree 4.2 (the only > > one included with it if I'm right). I do not post the error earlier > > > since I tried to reinstall the server two days ago. > > that problem has been around since 8.2. None of my older ATIs work with > LM's X4.2. I reverted back to the drivers from 4.1 that came with LM8.1. > My cards are Mach64 CT and VT both 2MB. When X starts the screen just > goes black. However, X is starting without errors, you can eventually > hear the KDE startup sound. > > Thing is, there were ati_old drivers with 8.2, I just couldn't make them > work. I needed to get the two machines working so I just made an rpm > that replaces these drivers with the ones from 8.1. I still use this rpm > with 9.0. > > I can't tell how severe this problem is as it was only few times > reported over at aolm. And it doesn't seem to affect all Mach64 cards. > If you don't want to hassle with older X4 drivers you can still use X3's > Mach64 server. > Must not be all Mach64VT's: [root@larry root]# lspcidrake | grep ATI Card:ATI Mach64 VT (264VT): ATI|264VT [Mach64 VT] I used expert install, and manually selected 1024x768@16bpp. X works fine. (RC2) I have had problems in the past though with this card with several distributions. Stew Benedict
