Xfree86-4.0.1, Lombard, Been There - Done That

[Jon Erick Ween]

jeramy b smith <ultrapenguin at netscape.net> 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

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