On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 06:23, Adam Done wrote: > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 15:20, Michel DXnzer wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 07:19, Adam Done wrote: > > > After many test compiles with all 2.6.x kernels I have come up with an > > > issue dealing with xfree86 4.2.1-13. When the system was done booting > > > and ran gdm I only could use one X display and had no access to any > > > tty terminal windows. I then tried to boot into text first and found > > > out that I could use any tty to log in to the box. Now when I use > > > startx it does not start in the correct tty but in tty1 and then have > > > no access to any other tty. > > > > [...] > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "ati128" > > > Driver "fbdev" > > > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > > > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > > > EndSection > > > > Option "UseFBDev" makes no sense with the fbdev driver, so it's ignored. > > You really want to use the ati / r128 driver though, but that requires > > aty128fb in console, and it sounds like you may be running OFfb. > > > My yaboo.conf file contains this for my kernel options > > append="video=aty128fb:vmode:22" > > my display is one of the orrig Apple 22" cinema Flatpanel displays on > a rage128 card. > > XFree86config file: > I commented out the > option "UseFBdev"
The r128 driver doesn't work without it on Macs. > i changed out the: > Driver "fbdev" for > Driver "r128" all i got when trying to start the xserver was an > xserver error blue screen and an option trying to stop gdm or > continue. I had this issure for quite some time and the fbdev driver > was the only way I can use the flatpanel display. Sounds like a monitor and/or mode configuration problem then, but I won't speculate any more without seeing at least excerpts from the server log file. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
