> I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is > still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have > /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have found > no help in anything I have read on line I can pass video=aty128fb > argument on the command line, but I don't think it does anything. I > even installed fbset and ran the command to output the configuration > needed for X, but didn't understand it, is someone having similar > problems?
Not just a problem for you. Somewhere along the line, I also lost support for my Mach64 video card, even doing text boots into a console. This loss of support was in the Debian kernels - which is why I didn't notice when that happened - as I normally compile my own kernels. The best result I've had is from an installer kernel - it was able to text-boot into d-i and let me install testing a couple of months ago. But the kernel it installed for actually running the system again did not give me any video on boot. So what I do now is boot blindly, login and start X. I have my old X settings from when I had fully supported video, and the video drivers in X still work, thankfully. And I keep around a 2.4 kernel which has full (working) support for all my hardware, just in case I need to do diagnostics on boot. vinai vinai -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
