Hi all
Okies I had a look for the svga driver /lib/modules/2.2.x/ but there ain't any as I'm running 2.2.2 on the Alpha and the kernel was a binary install. No source.
Now what should I do? This error of "no devices found" when starting X only occurred after an reboot. It was working fine before for years.
This w/end I might try an old vga card in case there is a hardware error on my card, other than that any suggestions most welcome (yeah I know 2.2.2 is old, no I'm not moving to 2.6.8, it's too hard).
Menno Schaaf wrote:
Don't forget with linux drivers are kernel based. So I'm not sure what mga_drv.o and vga_drv.o are, but they're not what your looking for. Kernel modules are hiding in /lib/modules/2.4.x/ don't forget to replace the x with the final version number of your kernel. The mga drivers is hiding in drivers/char/drm/ to be exact.
Although i may have suggested the vga driver it maybe better to use the svga as it should support the modes your using, which the vga one doesn't.
Michael Lake wrote:
In /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ there is a mga_drv.o and a vga_drv.o which I presume are the Matrox and the VGA drivers that need to be loaded. A 'modprobe vga' or 'modprobe vga_drv' does not find any driver.
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