From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: Ani Joshi <ajoshi@shell.unixbox.com>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: ATI 7000 and dual-monitor X? (was Re: 9600 maturity?)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:22:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020422172212.A7257@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0204162227560.49666-100000@shell.unixbox.com>
On Tue, Apr 16, Ani Joshi wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Olaf Hering wrote:
>
> > It is a VE, but I have one report where it fails on a 9600, after
> > loading vgahw.a or something like that. Maybe it must go into another
> > slot or the guy has to boot without video=ofonly.
> > More details later..
>
>
> This is most likely the perennial multiple PCI bus ISA IO problem in
> userland that plagues many Macs. I won't go into the discussion again of
> why this is a problem, as this has been discussed here many times (see old
> posts about this problem on G4's), but a quick solution may be to put the
> card in the 1st slot, or whichever slot corresponds to the io_base
> syscall. I have never used a 9600 so ask around which slot this is.
>
> Also, have you tried radeonfb?
That was the culprit. He had to boot with video=ofonly. I will try to
get some info why it fails.
Maybe another slot or a newer kernel, or both.
Gruss Olaf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-04-22 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-04-15 7:43 9600 maturity? Dan Bethe
2002-04-15 8:26 ` Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
2002-04-15 10:41 ` Dan Bethe
2002-04-15 17:32 ` Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
2002-04-15 19:03 ` ATI 7000 and dual-monitor X? (was Re: 9600 maturity?) Stefan Jeglinski
2002-04-15 19:27 ` Ani Joshi
2002-04-15 22:25 ` Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
2002-04-16 8:01 ` Olaf Hering
2002-04-16 22:03 ` Michel Lanners
2002-04-17 6:37 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2002-04-17 7:04 ` Ani Joshi
2002-04-17 18:53 ` Michel Lanners
2002-04-17 5:35 ` Ani Joshi
2002-04-17 1:57 ` benh
2002-04-22 15:22 ` Olaf Hering [this message]
2002-04-15 19:14 ` 9600 maturity? Michel Lanners
2002-04-15 9:19 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2002-04-16 5:59 ` Michel Lanners
2002-04-16 0:54 ` benh
2002-04-15 21:30 ` Jeff Walther
2002-04-15 13:38 ` Jeff Walther
2002-04-15 5:01 ` benh
2002-04-15 16:48 ` PPB Bug in PowerSurge: was: 9600 maturity Jeff Walther
2002-04-15 7:57 ` benh
2002-04-15 19:01 ` Jeff Walther
2002-04-15 9:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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