On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 23:19, Dan Christensen wrote: > Lars Steinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> Alternatively, is there any work-around I could use in the meantime? > > > > Sure use the X11 Framebuffer driver (with the radeonfb driver in Linux 2.4), > > Thanks, I just compiled 2.4.17 with radeonfb as a module. When I > ran startx, it complained about no devices. So I tried "modprobe > radeonfb". This caused my machine to lock up and my display to > gradually go an awful shade of white, like it was melting. So > I quickly pulled the power cord out. The first three times I > tried to boot after this, my machine froze during the boot process > or within a minute after. The fourth time it seems to be staying up. > (With no X.) > > Did I do something wrong?
I don't think so, but the radeonfb in 2.4.17 is rather old AFAIK. There have been big updates since, which could make a difference. If you don't want to try the current 2.4.18 prerelease, you could try backporting the radeonfb changes to 2.4.17. Shouldn't be hard. > Could I have damaged my machine? Unlikely. I've tortured my PowerBook the same way many times and it's still alive. :) -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
