On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 12:17:10AM +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > 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
Ok, this is atyfb, and you probably have a rage something chip in there. I wonder about the two fbdevs, but i suppose this is one for the external port, and one for the LCD panel. Do you per chance have an external monitor connected ? > > > > 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. Ok. > > 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". Try lspci -n. > I'll reinstall a debian on it without the gtk installer to have those > informations. Nope, everything should be found with the gtk-installer too. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
