On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 10:13, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On 18 Feb 2002, Michel [ISO-8859-1] Dänzer wrote: > > On Fre, 2002-02-15 at 04:37, Karen Boyette wrote: > > > I am having a problem getting XF86 to run. This is the scenario: fresh > > > potato install upgraded to SID, running on Pismo powerbook (400, > > > firewire). When I run "X -configure", it segfaults. Neither the default > > > XF86Config-4 or other downloaded ones will work, failing w/ no screens > > > found or no screens with usable configuration. It is loading the proper > > > (ati) module. Has anyone seen or had experience solving this? > > > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 > > > > Tell it to use the ati driver with the fbdevhw interface and specify the > > bus ID. That should do. > > Does that fbdevhw option really do anything when combined with the ati driver? > According to fbset I was using a different video mode than I was really using.
It does something for r128 and radeon, but not for atimisc which you are using. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
