From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <20000321123522.15129.qmail@web112.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 04:35:22 -0800 (PST) From: Michel "D?nzer" Reply-To: michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch Subject: Re: XFree4 w rage128 To: georges Harrisson Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: --- georges Harrisson wrote: > I just asked for 640x480@60 hz with the same horizontal > and vertical ranges I used for XF 3.3.5. What are those ranges? Does it really reject the modes due to them, or what does the log say? (The reason is in brackets) > I am using aty128fb as a console driver, but I am expecting > the r128 driver to work and not the fbdriver for XFree. It does, according to lots of people. > I said that when my console is driven with offb, it goes > further and my screen is detected, but XFree ends with a > segmentation fault without warning. > What is wrong with aty128fb? Why do you think something's wrong with it? At least the server doesn't crash with it, so I'd rather ask what's wrong with offb... > Does it conflicts with the r128 driver, preventing it from doing a good > detection ? On the contrary, AFAIK it's needed for the r128 driver to work on Macs yet. > It seems that it is not X but the r128 driver who discards all the video > modes, since it disables even modes I didn't specified in my XF86Config > file. Those are predefined modes, a new feature of 4.0 . That reminds me: Have you defined your wanted mode yourself? If so, you could try changing its name, preventing interference with the predefined modes. Michel PS: Please read RFC 1855 (e.g. at http://www.cybernothing.org/cno/docs/rfc1855.html) ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/