sprenger [off-list ref] writes:
my x-server is working now after using yaboot - thanks !
using a 2.2.17pre15 worked fine, but with a 2.4-test6 kernel the
x-server crashed often especially under heavy load - like compiling
mozilla-m17 !? but even on the console the build would stop three times
with error 132, just had to restart the build - strange .
i just upgraded to 2.4-test7, and the x-server seems to be stable now
(compiling a new mozilla while using the old one - really a heavy load
...). but now i have some garbage (several blue dots) on my screen,
especially on the "gkrellm"-window.
any idea ?
i will try a new rsynced version of the ati-driver during the weekend.
May I just ask.. how the heck did you get xf4 running on lombard? :)
All I manage to get is a black screen and I can't do anything anymore.
The machine is still running, so I can reboot it via network.
It's a lombard/333 running 2.4.0-test6.
xf4 is compiled from sources found on a link from the instructions
at linuxppc.org and the rsynced version of the ati-driver, as of
about 17.00 CET 2000-08-25.
/Stefan
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i will try a new rsynced version of the ati-driver during the weekend.
May I just ask.. how the heck did you get xf4 running on lombard? :)
Use yaboot to boot the kernel, or hack atyfb to resolve the PCI resource
overlap between MMIO and video RAM (I'll post a new patch for this to
debian-powerpc shortly).
Michael
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sprenger wrote:
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May I just ask.. how the heck did you get xf4 running on lombard? :)
All I manage to get is a black screen and I can't do anything anymore.
The machine is still running, so I can reboot it via network.
It's a lombard/333 running 2.4.0-test6.
xf4 is compiled from sources found on a link from the instructions
at linuxppc.org and the rsynced version of the ati-driver, as of
about 17.00 CET 2000-08-25.
use yaboot as said. at the moment i am running 2.4.0-t7 paulus-kernel.
sometimes i have some blue dots on my screen but the rest is fine.
i have also attached my xf86config-file. the values in the screen
section were floating around in the net - do not ask me where i found
them. as you see i do not use them, the ati-driver determines its own
values and they are much better. comment out the lines with "Xkb..." i
need them because of my german keyboard layout.
Let me comment on a few things:
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
You normally want to replace this with just
Load "extmod"
as DGA is deactivated otherwise. This is from an outdated example XF86Config,
way back somewhere at 3.9.x when DGA wasn't working yet.
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
These ViewPort and Virtual values are default for the specified mode and as
such not needed.
EndSubSection
There is no depth 32 in X 4. 32 bpp is depth 24, fbbpp 32. If you want 32 bpp,
add
DefaultFbBpp 32
under the DefaultDepth line and
FbBpp 32
in a Display Subsection for Depth 24. OTOH maybe it's the default anyway
(driver dependent), grep -i bpp /var/log/XFree86.0.log tells for sure.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
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May I just ask.. how the heck did you get xf4 running on lombard? :)
All I manage to get is a black screen and I can't do anything anymore.
The machine is still running, so I can reboot it via network.
It's a lombard/333 running 2.4.0-test6.
xf4 is compiled from sources found on a link from the instructions
at linuxppc.org and the rsynced version of the ati-driver, as of
about 17.00 CET 2000-08-25.
use yaboot as said. at the moment i am running 2.4.0-t7 paulus-kernel.
sometimes i have some blue dots on my screen but the rest is fine.
i have also attached my xf86config-file. the values in the screen
section were floating around in the net - do not ask me where i found
them. as you see i do not use them, the ati-driver determines its own
values and they are much better. comment out the lines with "Xkb..." i
need them because of my german keyboard layout.
it should work now - good luck ;-)
/thorsten