Mark Jaroski wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 10:57:32AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > The X server output is at /var/log/XFree86.0.log anyway, and you can > > minimize filesystem damage as well as maximize log output by remounting > > your filesystem in synchronous mode before trying to start X. > > Thanks for the tip.. synchronous mode is a completely new > concept for me. Would I get there by using this? > > mount -o remount,sync / > > I'll spend some more time reading man mount before I try it.
You figured it out exactly right, but reading documentation never hurts ;) > > > Bus 0, device 18, function 0: > > > VGA compatible controller: ATI Mach64 GT (Rage II) (rev 154). > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Generic Graphics Device" > > > BusID "PCI:0:18:0" > > > Driver "fbdev" > > > EndSection > > > > This looks sane. I guess you need Michael Schmitz' kernel patch (I guess > > you're booting with BootX, right?) or a 2.4 kernel. > > Absolutely right, I figured bootx was doing it, and mistook the > quirky pci option in the kernel config for Michael's patch.. > > Can you point me to it? I've looked through the November and > December archives with no luck. Is it further back? Probably. BTW Michael mentioned last week that it might be in 2.2.18 official. Is that right Michael or anyone? Michel -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
