On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 02:02, LMS wrote: > >> >Maybe you're running OFfb now instead of atyfb? > >> > > >> No idea. I'm not even sure what these are. I have seen several references > >> to OFfb in the mailing lists, and I read the Framebuffer document in the > >> Doc section, but that didn't help me. > > > >cat /proc/fb > > Now this is the result on Linux 2.2 > > lug% cat /proc/fb > 0 ATY Mach64 > > and on Linux 2.4 > > lug% cat /proc/fb > 0 OFfb /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ATY,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/AT| > > (for the latter, it occurs whether or not I include a yaboot directive > "video=atyfb") > > so ! what can be happening ? should I compile the 2.4 kernel with > different options, maybe ?
Not sure, anyway X should work regardless. > >> [...] and what works with 2.2 kernel does > >> not work at all with 2.4 kernel. > > > >How does it fail? There can be complications with Mach64 chips related > >to resource ranges, when booting with BootX I think, unfortunately I > >don't remember the details. > > (in fact I'm using yaboot). Well the X server just does not start, or > messes up the screen, depending on the refresh values I have entered. > Basically it gives me the error message that you analysed earlier. Well, hopefully someone with the same hardware will be able to help. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
