Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 23:19, Dan Christensen wrote: >>> Lars Steinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> >>> > use the X11 Framebuffer driver (with the radeonfb driver in Linux 2.4), >>> >>> ["modprobe radeonfb" causes Inspiron 4100 to lock up...] >> >> 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. > > I tried 2.4.18-pre2, and this gives a compile error in radeonfb.c.
I got around the compile error using a patch I found on the kernel list, but the resulting driver doesn't work. In a text console, after I "modprobe radeonfb", various vertical strips of the screen are repeated. When I try to start X, I get a device not found error (I can get the precise error message if it would help). Has anyone successfully used the radeon framebuffer??? If it matters, I have a 1600x1200 UXGA LCD display on an Inspiron 4100. I also tried xf86config, and it produced an XF86Config file which uses the vga driver. This works, but is only at 320x200. Any estimates of when the new version of X will be released? Thanks for the help so far. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
