Re: aty128fb

2005-04-07 Thread vinai
>> No - I do NOT have aty128 compiled in, neither static or as a >> module. I did not think dependencies work that way (i.e. it'd >> SEEM more logical if newer hardware depended on older hardware, >> but not older hardware on the drivers for the newer stuff). I >> will compile it in and report ba

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-07 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> No - I do NOT have aty128 compiled in, neither static or as a module. I > did not think dependencies work that way (i.e. it'd SEEM more logical if > newer hardware depended on older hardware, but not older hardware on the > drivers for the newer stuff). I will compile it in and report back > t

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-07 Thread vinai
plied the .12-rc2 patch. Still no video after booting. The last thing visible on the screen is: setup_arch: bootmem arch: exit Hrm... and aty128fb is built into the kernel ? Very strange ... How many connectors on you card ? Is the "other" connector working ? Ben. No - I do NOT have aty

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 22:58 -0700, Michael wrote: > Ok, ben, I am slightly beyond a newbie, but not that far. Ummm, where to > start. I have never used make oldconfig, didn't understand the manual > page on zcat. Ok the process I have used is > 1) Get source > 2) Untar Source > 3) make menucon

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
ake oldconfig shoudl take care of that, it might still ask you for a few questions, but it should get the bulk of the stuff in place). If you aren't too confident, you can also just pull the config used by debian, do zcat /proc/config.gz .config from a running debian ppc kernel then make oldc

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
l from ? > > > > ftp.kernel.org > > > > Ben. > > Pulled the 2.6.11.6 sources and applied the .12-rc2 patch. Still no > video after booting. The last thing visible on the screen is: > > setup_arch: bootmem > arch: exit Hrm... and aty128fb is built

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread vinai
>> > Does upstream 2.6.12-rc2 work for you ? >> > >> > Ben. >> >> Don't know. I can give it a try tonight. Where do I pull the >> sources >> for this kernel from ? > > ftp.kernel.org > > Ben. Pulled the 2.6.11.6 sources and applied the .12-rc2 patch. Still no video after booting. The last thin

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> > Does upstream 2.6.12-rc2 work for you ? > > > > Ben. > > Don't know. I can give it a try tonight. Where do I pull the sources > for this kernel from ? ftp.kernel.org Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
clicked in my head afaik mean As Far As I Know, (sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake) I actually compiled 2.6.11.6 two days ago and that didn't work for me, and the last build I did I built aty128fb as a module, and was going to try loading it after login, but I kept running out of sp

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread David Pye
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 13:46, vinai wrote: > Don't know. I can give it a try tonight. Where do I pull the sources > for this kernel from ? > > vinai www.kernel.org is usually referred to as 'upstream'. Cheers, David pgplymXZn493i.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread vinai
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 21:24 -0500, vinai wrote: I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
night before last it actually clicked in my head > >>afaik mean As Far As I Know, (sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake) I > >>actually compiled 2.6.11.6 two days ago and that didn't work for me, and > >>the last build I did I built aty128fb as a module, and

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
e) I actually compiled 2.6.11.6 two days ago and that didn't work for me, and the last build I did I built aty128fb as a module, and was going to try loading it after login, but I kept running out of space on all my partitions, so I am in the course of rebuilding my system now, and I may

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-06 Thread Michael
e) I actually compiled 2.6.11.6 two days ago and that didn't work for me, and the last build I did I built aty128fb as a module, and was going to try loading it after login, but I kept running out of space on all my partitions, so I am in the course of rebuilding my system now, and I may

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-05 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 21:24 -0500, vinai wrote: > > I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is > > still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have > > /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have found > > no

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-05 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 18:28 -0700, Michael wrote: > I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is > still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have > /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have found no > help in anything

Re: aty128fb

2005-04-05 Thread vinai
> I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is > still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have > /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have found > no help in anything I have read on line I can pass video=aty128fb >

aty128fb

2005-04-05 Thread Michael
I am still unable to start my computer with video=aty128fb and X is still complaining about no frame buffer devices, even though I have /dev/fb1 - 9 or 8. I am utterly frustrated at this, and I have found no help in anything I have read on line I can pass video=aty128fb argument on the

Re: console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-11 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Nicolas Bertolissio wrote: > Le mardi 11 mars 2003, Alessandro Selli écrit : > > Il giorno Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Nicolas Bertolissio così ha scritto: > [...] > > |aty128fb:1280x1024-75 > > |aty128fb:1600x1200-64 > > > > Of course, you pu

Re: console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-11 Thread Nicolas Bertolissio
Le mardi 11 mars 2003, Alessandro Selli écrit : > Il giorno Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Nicolas Bertolissio così ha scritto: [...] > |aty128fb:1280x1024-75 > |aty128fb:1600x1200-64 > > Of course, you put "video=" before those lines. yes, I've alse tried with a `@'

Re: console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-11 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il giorno Tue, 11 Mar 2003, Nicolas Bertolissio così ha scritto: |From: Nicolas Bertolissio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org |Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:39:46 +0100 |Subject: Re: console: aty128fb on G4 [...] |> Have you tried different resolutions? |I t

Re: console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-11 Thread Nicolas Bertolissio
Le mardi 11 mars 2003, Michel Dänzer écrit : > On Son, 2003-03-09 at 16:12, Nicolas Bertolissio wrote: > > > > I've trouble in making aty128fb work on a G4, I have a kernel compiled > > with make-kpkg from the last kernel-source-2.4.20 and kernel-patch-benh. > >

Re: console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-10 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Son, 2003-03-09 at 16:12, Nicolas Bertolissio wrote: > > I've trouble in making aty128fb work on a G4, I have a kernel compiled > with make-kpkg from the last kernel-source-2.4.20 and kernel-patch-benh. > > OFfb works fine but I can find how to run XFree with it, so I co

console: aty128fb on G4

2003-03-09 Thread Nicolas Bertolissio
Hi, I've trouble in making aty128fb work on a G4, I have a kernel compiled with make-kpkg from the last kernel-source-2.4.20 and kernel-patch-benh. OFfb works fine but I can find how to run XFree with it, so I compiled aty128fb in the kernel instead but the screen is automatically turne

Re: What does "ATY128FB in console" mean?

2002-10-15 Thread Markus Rosenstihl
inux video=aty128fb

Re: What does "ATY128FB in console" mean?

2002-10-15 Thread Rogério Brito
On Oct 15 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I looked through the list archives, and found nothing about it. Can > anyone give me a clue? This is in reference to the "No screens" > question I asked about a week ago. This means that you shoud use the ATI Rage 128 framebuffer when conf

What does "ATY128FB in console" mean?

2002-10-15 Thread rhires
I looked through the list archives, and found nothing about it. Can anyone give me a clue? This is in reference to the "No screens" question I asked about a week ago. Thanks for your help! Russell

Re: ibook2/dri-aty128fb benh kernel

2001-09-07 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Fri, 2001-09-07 at 17:06, John Hughes wrote: > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in > /lib/modules/2.4.10-pre4-ben0/kernel/drivers/video/aty128fb.o > depmod: mac_vmode_to_var > depmod: get_backlight_enable > depmod: mac_find_mode Building aty128fb as a

ibook2/dri-aty128fb benh kernel

2001-09-07 Thread John Hughes
Ok, so I am yet again trying to get my ibook2, it's ati128 chipset, XFree4.1, DRI, and a very recent benh kernel to play nicely. Well, this time I got much further than I ever havebut, well, still no go. Seems though, thats its nearly there and I was hoping someone(ben?) could shed

aty128fb stuck in 8-bit

2000-05-05 Thread Peter Abrahamsen
Greetings, I have a pmac 7600/233 and an AppleVision 1710 AV monitor, using a "PCI: (0:14:0) ATI Rage 128 RE rev 0, Mem @ 0x8400/26, 0x8080/14, I/O @ 0x0400/8" video card. I am running 2.2.15pre19 from benh's rsync, with only the aty128fb video driver enabled. The troub

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-18 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > P.S. Which of the precompiled fonts: > > > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y > > > > are used in the frame buffer console and how can I make it switch > > from one set to another? >

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > P.S. Which of the precompiled fonts: > > > > > > CONFIG_FONT_8x16=y > > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN8x16=y > > > CONFIG_FONT_SUN12x22=y > > > > > > are used in the frame buffer console and how can I make it switch > > > from one set to another? > > > > All o

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > > > > > > > > > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: > > > > fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8 > > fbcon setup: type 0 (aux 0, depth 8) not supported > > > > Same at depths 16 and 24, even the .config f

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > > > > > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: > > fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8 > fbcon setup: type 0 (aux 0, depth 8) not supported > > Same at depths 16 and 24, even the .config for my kernel has: > >

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 > > This looks like 32 bpp. > > > Ethan Benson wrote: > > > rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 > > This looks like 8 bpp! > > > Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. > I tried that but I get a blank screen and: fbcon setup: no support for fontwidth 8

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > rgba 8/16,8/8,8/0,8/24 This looks like 32 bpp. Ethan Benson wrote: > rgba 8/0,8/0,8/0,0/0 This looks like 8 bpp! Renaud, try fbset -depth 8. Michel -- Therapy is expensive, popping bubble wrap is cheap. You choose.

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 01:01:05PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (wit

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Frame buffer device information: > > > Name: ATY Rage128 > > > Address : 0x8400 > > > Size: 16777216 > > > Type: PACKED PIXELS > > > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > > > XPanS

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (with Rage128) > > who gets accelerated console and the same > > "

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > Possible. Have you tried other depths? As the console has only 16 colors > > anyway, there's no point in running it at more than 8 bpp... > > I'll try that next, but I know someone on a B&W G3 (with Rage128) > who gets accelerated console and the same > " Accelerator : Un

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
> Renaud Dreyer wrote: > > > Frame buffer device information: > > Name: ATY Rage128 > > Address : 0x8400 > > Size: 16777216 > > Type: PACKED PIXELS > > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > > XPanStep: 8 > > YPanStep: 1 > > YWrapStep

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
Renaud Dreyer wrote: > Frame buffer device information: > Name: ATY Rage128 > Address : 0x8400 > Size: 16777216 > Type: PACKED PIXELS > Visual : DIRECTCOLOR > XPanStep: 8 > YPanStep: 1 > YWrapStep : 0 > LineLength

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
0 MMIO Size : 8191 Accelerator : Unknown (32) Is the "Accelerator: Uknown (32)" a sign of problems? maybe there's no acceleration at 32 bit? Here are the relevant lines in dmesg: MacOS display is /bandit/ATY,Rage128o aty128fb: Rage128 [rev 0x2] 16M Console: switching to c

Re: Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
is very fast. > > I tredi to solve the problem the following way: > > *Compiled and installed Paul's stable 2.2.15pre7 kernel, which I > believe includes Ben's latest aty128fb patch. > > *Booted with No Video Driver unchecked, and kernel arguments: >

Still can't get accelerated console with aty128fb!

2000-02-17 Thread Renaud Dreyer
is painfully obvious while using dselect. I have no problem with accelerated X (Xpmac.rage128), which is very fast. I tredi to solve the problem the following way: *Compiled and installed Paul's stable 2.2.15pre7 kernel, which I believe includes Ben's latest aty128fb patch. *Boot

Re: Very slow aty128fb console

2000-01-28 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Fri, Jan 28, 2000, Renaud Dreyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still plagued with a very slow console and as far as ever from >a solution. > >I have a PowerMac 7300/200 with a Rage 128 Card. I boot into Debian >using BootX. I use a "pure" 2.2.14 kernel

Very slow aty128fb console

2000-01-28 Thread Renaud Dreyer
I'm still plagued with a very slow console and as far as ever from a solution. I have a PowerMac 7300/200 with a Rage 128 Card. I boot into Debian using BootX. I use a "pure" 2.2.14 kernel with the aty128fb patch only. Whether I boot with "no video driver chec