Hi Tom I had a similar problem which was resolved when I recompiled my own kernel.
david On Friday 22 November 2002 12:58, Tom Marshall wrote: > I have not been able to get a 4.x version of the XFree86 server running on > my Ultra 5. The 3.3.6 server running on the 2.2 kernel (as distributed in > Potato) worked fine. I assumed the problem was due to some bug(s) in the > 2.4 kernel or the 4.x code in the server because the XFree86.0.log reported > "invalid memory allocations" and such. However, these seem to have been > solved in the most recent 2.4.19 kernel and 4.2.1 server, and the problem > persists. I am still suspicious of the following: > > (--) ATI(0): ATI 3D Rage Pro graphics controller detected. > (--) ATI(0): Chip type 4750 "GP", version 4, foundry UMC, class 0, revision > 0x01. (--) ATI(0): PCI bus interface detected; block I/O base is 0xC00400. > (--) ATI(0): ATI Mach64 adapter detected. > (!!) ATI(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities > of this adapter, please see http://gatos.sf.net. > (--) ATI(0): Internal RAMDAC (subtype 1) detected. > (==) ATI(0): RGB weight 888 > (==) ATI(0): Default visual is PseudoColor > (==) ATI(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > (II) ATI(0): Using Mach64 accelerator CRTC. > > Note that the driver seems to detect two cards. The machine actually has a > 3D Rage Pro (according to lspci) so the last line above is a bit > disturbing. > > Another data point is that low resolutions such as 640x480 work enough to > show an X screen, but my monitor can't sync up. It keeps blinking every > one or two seconds to resync. All I see with any higher resolution is a > blank screen. > > If anyone can tell me what is going wrong and/or send a working > XF86Config-4 for the Ultra 5, I would be most appreciative.

