From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sven Luther Subject: Mach64Gx not working on pmac 9500 (Was : tdfx & multiple voodoo cards : supposed to work ? + Mach64Gx question.) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:56:20 +0100 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <20031030095620.GA5088@iliana> References: <20031030064940.GC2115@iliana> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Cipher TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 1AF9XY-0007tL-00 for ; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:56:28 -0800 Received: from smtp4.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.27] helo=mwinf0401.wanadoo.fr) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AF9XX-0002BE-Pk for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 30 Oct 2003 01:56:27 -0800 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Geert Uytterhoeven , debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, debian-boot@lists.debian.org Cc: Chris Tillman , Sven Luther , Linux Frame Buffer Device Development Ok. Chris, can you have a look at this, and see if can provide this information, by using a serial console, or maybe blindly typing : # dmesg >somplace and also by visual confirmation ? Friendly, Sven Luther On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 10:38:45AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Sven Luther wrote: > > BTW, i had had reports from Chris Tillman about what seems an fbdev > > failure on his 9500 powermac with 2.4.22 kernels. The pci greaphic cards > > declares to be a Mach64GX, and lspci gives : > > > > 00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Bandit PowerPC host bridge (rev 02) > > 00:0f.0 VGA comppatible controller: ATI Technolgies Inc 210888GX [Mach64 GX] (rev 02) > > 00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Grand Central I/O (rev 02) > > > > 00:0f.0 Class 0300: 1002:4758 (rev 02) > > Flags: stepping, medium devsel, IRQ 25 > > Memory at 81000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) > > > > Any idea on what is going on here (the kernel works, but there is no > > video output). > > Mach64 GX is difficult to handle, since it needs an external clockchip and > RAMDAC, unlike the later variants. > > The first thing to know is which external clockchip and RAMDAC are used on this > particular board? Atyfb should print it during initialization, but it's better > to do a visual verification on the board, too. > > Gr{oetje,eeting}s, > > Geert > > -- > Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org > > In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But > when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. > -- Linus Torvalds > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/