On Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Jim Nelson wrote:
If you are using a 2.6 kernel (and maybe the 2.4), the kernel module for the ATI Rage series of graphics systems is aty128fb, not atyfb. I've had problems with vesafb myself, but with really old hardware (Trident TGUI 9660 on an old Thinkpad).
Thanks for your response, Jim. Not sure if you recall what sort of card I mentioned, but it's an older, onboard one with low memory. According to an infomrational page I found at www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/video+boot+arguments , I should be using the atyfb module (and they do list the aty128fb there for other ATI Rage models). So, do you still think I"m using the wrong module? I really don't know. I consider myself a total neophyte at this
Heh, my bad. In the kernel configuration, atyfb is listed as belonging to the Mach64 family, and a quick peruse of drivers/video/aty/atyfb_base.c listed the early Rage cards. Didn't realize the Rage and Rage 128 were that different.
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