On Don, 2003-03-20 at 15:01, befu wrote: > >>> (II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "Generic Video Card". > >>> (WW) ATI: PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected! > >> > >> This could mean that the XFree86 version is too old to recognize the > >> chip, but... > >> > >>> (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x82000000 e: 0x82ffffff correcting > >> > >> ... I rather suspect this is the problem. Try a 2.4 kernel, or if you > >> use BootX, try using the startup extension instead of the app, or try a > >> different bootloader if appropriate. > > > > The Wallstreet can't use quik so you'll have to patch the PCI resource > > allocation (broken by MockOS) on kernel startup. There's a patch against > > vintage 2.2 and 2.4 kernels floating around (from early XFree 4 prerelease > > days; the same happened initially on my Lombard) that adds code to atyfb > > for this very purpose. BenH and Geert should have it in their archives, > > and I can dig up a copy if needs be. (Hint: the IO and memory regions are > > probably initialized to overlap by MacOS, and XFree deactivates the memory > > aperture). > > > > Michael > > > Thanks Michael and Michel for your advise. > > Because I am a newbee and understand that recompiling the 2.2.20 kernel > would involve a lot of effort and time, I would like to know if the original > kernel in use can work with my Wallstreet by just making some adjustments in > the XF86Config-4 file or not.
I'm afraid not. > If it is hopeless to follow this way, I will have to patch and compile and > whatever a new Kernel (v.2.4.10 ?). At the moment I have still no idea how > to do that. I think I will have to read a lot of HOWTO's and spend a lot of > precious time with this matter. [...] > Why hasn't anybody made a precompiled binary? I will never understand this > aspect of Debian. apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.*powerpc -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
