XFree4 w rage128

[Michel D?nzer]

--- georges Harrisson <georges.harrisson at caramail.com> wrote:
> I am sorry to ask a question that must have been answered
> in the billions of messages talking from XFree 4, but is it
> possible to run it actually with the r128 driver ?

Yes.


> On my BW G3, when I launch X I get hundred of lines like
> :
> (W) r128: resolution deleted (XXX x XXX)
> (E) r128: no available mode found
> No screen found

You either haven't specified valid modes for your monitor or the correct
horizontal and vertical frequency ranges.


> I am running on anthony's aty128fb.

Do you use Option "UseFBDev" ?


> When I use offb, it goes a step further and crashes with a segmentation
> fault.

I wouldn't expect that to work anyway...


> What is wrong with it? What are the necessary patches for
> XF4 to work on PPC?

None except the cache flush patch by Kostas Gewrgiou and Kevin Hendricks.


Michel


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