Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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? >> > >> > use the X11 Framebuffer driver (with the radeonfb driver in Linux 2.4), >> >> ["modprobe radeonfb" causes Inspiron 4100 to lock up...] >> >> 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.
I tried 2.4.18-pre2, and this gives a compile error in radeonfb.c. Has anyone actually got the radeon framebuffer working? >> Could I have damaged my machine? > > Unlikely. You're right, of course. The lockups had nothing to do with the radeon module. Instead, I had to disable APIC. Thanks for the help. Dan
