On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, MC wrote:
> Hi, > > I recently installed Mandrake 8.2 on my B&W G3 (feat. a Radeon PCI) > > Everything went fine during startup in text mode. > But, when the KDE login screen is supposed to appear, all I get is an error > screen. > > I'v tried both Xpmac and Xfree 4.2.6 at the end of the install process, but > the result is the same. > > Xfree reports the following errors: > > (EE) RADEON (0) : CANNOT READ V_BIOS (5) > (EE) RADEON (0) : [AGP] AGP NOT AVAILABLE (bwahaha!) > (EE) RADEON (0) : [DRM] failed to remove DRM signal handler > DRIUnlock called when not locked > > > What can I do to get that Radeon working? Well some Radeon cards work quite fine. The radeon based tiBook that Phil lent me worked quite well, and I updated the installer to support graphical install on it. Some things to look at: See if the agpgart module is being loaded. If not try loading it manually via modprobe. If that helps, make an entry in /etc/modules. Try disabling DRI in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Unfortunately, until video card manufacturers feel shipping Linux/X drivers with their cards (PPC versions too), we'll always be playing catchup. > > PS: By the way, will mandrake ever support (acard) ATA-133 PCI cards ? Since > that kind of card is quite common, it would be appreciated to get it > supported by Mdk ... > Thanks Ben for covering this one :) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
