Re: Xfree86-4.0.1, Lombard, Been There - Done That

jeramy b smith [off-list ref] wrote:

For the 80th and last time. Get the XF86Config.pismo from howarths

directory.

Well, that's where I started. But, this being the 80th time around, I'll go
back and try again. Funny how small things can send you off track
sometimes.

Switch the references from rage128 to ati. Copy this file to
/etc/X11/XF86Config . The timings will work. I am not using the latest

version

of the ati driver (X) but mine works. When booting a recent kernel with
yaboot, you should not have to specify video= on a lombard. It will by

default

use 1024x768 60hz and atyfb. If you are not getting a cursor, I would bet

You

either gummed something up in your .config or you are specifying

uneccessary

video options.

Actually, I just discovered the cursor is black. Moving the mouse cursor
(gdm) over it brings it out. Must be a color setting that's off.

Also make sure you aren't telling yaboot to use "novideo".

I really didn't specify anything manually, just installed the generic
yaboot with mkofboot first and then ybin as I referenced new kernel images.
I'll go back an look at the .config file and see.

If
you are not getting a cursor after verifying that, use one of Ben's
precompiled kernels. I am using one of his older precompiled kernels (with

direct boot ati accel fixed), the ati driver from a month ago, xf401 from
franz's rpms, and a slightly edited XF86Config file that used the pismo

file

as a template.  The only bug I have is that i get a few blue garbage

pixels

when areas with blue in them redraw.

-Jeramy

Thanks Jon

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OK, I've switched from BootX to Yboot using a stable 2.2.17 kernel and

the

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most recent XF86-4.0.1 and ati driver sources I can find. I seem to get
different PCI assignments to the ATI chip on boot-up (looking at dmesg
compared with using BootX) but the X-server still doesn't detect the

chip

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with "startx" or "XFree86" and exits with a "device not found" and "no
screens" error. Any further suggestions?

Thanks

Jon

--
Jon Erik Ween, MD

Cognitive and Cerebrovascular Neurology

Assistant Professor
Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Director, Stroke Program
Loma Linda University Medical Center

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