you asked if i am using the latest debs.. i am close to it. i am using 4.0.1-10, and i rsynced the drivers, compiled, and copied and overwrote ati_drv.o
i'll try the latest though. yours, steven alyari On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 03:57:32PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > steven alyari wrote: > > > > in the word document you say to configure fbdev and ati > > > > i dont understand why you would do both > > > > i have gotten X to work on my lombard using fbdev as my driver > > > > but not ati. and fbdev sees that my hardware is ATY Mach64 but i > > suppose this is not the same as having the ati driver? no accel? > > Exactly. I'd say fbdev is for getting X working in the first place and then > ati is for bonus performance. > > > > i use the latest yaboot to boot. > > > > anyway when i use ati i get the following error: > > > > (WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 0:17:0 could not be detected! > > See README.ati for details > > Is this with the latest debs? > > > Michel > > > -- > Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast > Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]