Michel, I have been able to get drm and dri to load on a G4 powerbook with the aty,rageM6 chipset and using the "video=radeonfb" in yaboot. X runs wonderfully also with a 2.6.7 vanilla kernel got to compile finaly and runs well. The only thing now is with the 2.4 kernels to install a module durring bootup I would put
alias apgpart in the /etc/modules file and modprobe inserts it to the kernel. Now with 2.6 I tried to make a file in /etc/modprobe.d char wiht the alias apgpart and I get errors when I boot. I am at loss to how to install modules I want when booting up. Everything I have read has shown how to migrate/compile a 2.6 kernel but I am not understand how the 2.6 kernl works from the 2.4. Once I get this to work, I am going to use the same kernel on the G4 powerbook on the G4 desktop workstation and see if it is a hardware issue and if soo will it work with the 21" CRT. I am getting there and thank for your help and everyone else who has help me on the way. :) -adam