[I also emailed this message to Mij, but maybe someone on the lists could also help? Running debian unstable.]
I've been following the instructions on your [Mij's] website [ http://www.oltrelinux.com/ibook/step_step/ ] for getting a working X server on an iBook2 (thank you so much, by the way, for writing such a valuable resource!) Unfortunately I can't get X to start using the framebuffer. The problem is that my kernel does not seem to execute the radeonfb code, even though it is compiled in (CONFIG_FB_RADEON=y). (When I comment out the "UseFBDev" option in XF86Config-4, X starts, produces a purple screen and then the system freezes.) Software versions are: kernel = 2.4.20-rc1-ben0 X = xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk 2002.10.02-2 DRI = drm-trunk-module-src 2002.10.02-1 Hardware is ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY (rev 0) [from /proc/pci]. Both agpgart and radeon (from the DRM modules) are listed in the output of lsmod. I cannot find any references to "kernel: radeonfb:" in the system logs, and the X server dies immediately with the following at the end of /var/log/XFree86.0.log: (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.2 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) UnloadModule: "ati" (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules-dri-trunk/libvgahw.a (II) UnloadModule: "radeon" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. I have devfs compiled into the kernel, with devfsd running. Looking at the output of "strace X" shows the following when X loads the fbdevhw module: write(0, "Module fbdevhw: vendor=\"The XFre"..., 45) = 45 write(0, "\tcompiled for 4.2.0", 19) = 19 write(0, ", module version = 0.0.2\n", 25) = 25 write(0, "\tABI class: XFree86 Video Driver"..., 46) = 46 open("/dev/fb0", O_RDWR) = 7 ioctl(7, 0x4602, 0x7ffff1c8) = 0 [shouldn't something more happen here??] close(7) = 0 open("/dev/fb1", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb2", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb3", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb4", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb5", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb6", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/dev/fb7", O_RDWR) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(0, "(II) ", 5) = 5 write(0, "UnloadModule: \"ati\"\n", 20) = 20 [etc.] Please let me know if it would help for me to send the complete strace log, XFree86.0.log, XF86Config-4, or /boot/config-2.4.20-rc1-ben0 files. Thank you very much in advance for any time you can spend helping me. -- Kevin McCarty Physics Department [EMAIL PROTECTED] Princeton University www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty Princeton, NJ 08544
