sculpsit mbrubeck: > I have a slot-loading iMac with Rage 128 video. All of the phase2 test > packages of XFree86 4 ran fine on this machine. > > After upgrading xserver-xfree86 from phase2v27 to 4.0.1-8, the X server > dies on startup with the following error (full log attached): > > ... > (EE) R128(0): Cannot read V_BIOS (4) > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a > (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > I've tried generating a new config file with dexter, turning UseFBDev on > and off, and changing the driver from "r128" to "ati". The error is > unchanged. > > The server will run if I use the fbdev driver, but without acceleration.
exactly the same problem here on a powermac g4. additionally, i find that when the display blanks (using the fbdev driver, of course) i lose the console totally and can't regain it by any means other than rebooting the machine. i'm experimenting with `xset s off` as we speak to see if that can make any difference. one thing i don't understand is why, when the fbdev driver uses the "default" mode, it *still* queries the framebuffer and then sets it explicitly. if it just reused the existing settings, for instance, i could use offb (which is readonly and doesn't support being set explicitly) to run x. -- dog
