On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 23:53 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 04:01:17PM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 15:28 +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > What framebuffer is used ? atyfb probably ? > > > > I don't really know. I used video=ofonly but it doesnt help. > > I can login on terminal 4, and it seems that there are no fb module (at > > least find /lib/module/2.6.16-powerpc-1 -name '*fb*' outputs nothing. > > > > I have a /dev/fb0 > > What does dmesg say, and also what is the content of /proc/fb. My powerbook > says : > > $ more /proc/fb > 0 ATI Radeon Lf
0 OFfb ATY,264LTP 1 OFfb ATY,264LTP > > > > I believe that this one is builtin in the kernel, it used to be at > > > least. Can > > > you check that ? > > > > > > Basically, there is two possibilities of it failing : > > > > > > 1) the framebuffer device is not builtin, and cannot be found as > > > module. > > > > how can I check I check if framebuffer is builtin ? > > Read the dmesg output, and see what it says. Check /proc/fb too. Check the > .config file. dmesg says nothing about framebuffer. The .config is the one used when generating powerpc gtk installer, don't know where to find it. > > Or alternatively give us the lspci output corresponding to your graphic card, > and the kernel version used, and i will investigate for you. Linux 2.6.16-1-powerpc lspci isn't very verbose at the moment because there are only "unknown devices". I'll reinstall a debian on it without the gtk installer to have those informations. > > > > 2) the graphical frontend doesn't know how to deal with builtin > > > framebuffer > > > devices. > > > > > > What strikes me at odd though, is that if you are having output, then > > > you > > > already have a framebuffer device, and thus there is a problem around > > > 2). > > > MAybe it tries to loade vesafb, or something such. > > > > dmesg | grep fb outputs nothing useful > > Ah, this is suspisious. At least offb and radeonfb are builtin, and either > should report a fb-greppable string. Maybe dmesg did overflow ? Possible yes, I'll try a restart before reinstalling -- Yves-Alexis Perez -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
