From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 17:22:12 +0200 From: Olaf Hering To: Ani Joshi Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: ATI 7000 and dual-monitor X? (was Re: 9600 maturity?) Message-ID: <20020422172212.A7257@suse.de> References: <20020416100152.A4692@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented... ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/