On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 09:05:44AM +0100, T. Weyergraf wrote: > > Hi, > > [ about gfx board not working in DS20 ] > > I have had the same problem on my UP2000, which is very similar to a DS20. > You're right, the problem is, that the scanpci of XFree86 4.0 and later is > broken on Alpha's with more than one PCI Bus. I recommend, that you move the > Grafics Board into PCI Bus 0 and configure *just that* card in your > XF86Config. > The scanpci routine, which is used via libscanpci by the Xserver, detects only > Bus 0 properly. So any card, supported by the Xserver, will run fine there. > It won't in Bus 1 or higher. > > I once submitted a patch to xfree.org fixing the problem, but unfortunately, > they never replied to my bug report with patch. I assume, it just got dropped > in the > vast sea of bug reports ;-) > > Anyway, I lost the patch, but if you *really* need it, I can look into that > problem again. > I can't currently, since my UP2000 is running headless and I would need to > reconfigure > the hardware. > > Luckily, if you are running just one card, the above workaround should help. > > Regards, > Thomas Weyergraf >
OK, I'm confused now. I practically nothing about hardware. By "PCI Bus 0" am I to understand that you mean the top PCI slot? I've just taken a look inside my DS20 and I have 6 PCI slots. The graphics card is in the top slot, and I have a network card in the 4th one down. So, unless I should be counting from the bottom up, rather than the top down, I reckon that my card is already in PCI Bus 0 and XFree 4.0.1 still hangs. Sorry for being a complete dummy, but have I mis-understood you? Edgar.
