Hello, Did you guys try the little Xautoconfig tool? <http://ftp.penguinppc.org/projects/xautocfg/> Using the fbdev option works for me. :-)
Regards, Peter. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Schmitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: maandag 24 maart 2003 12:45 > To: befu > Cc: Michel Danzer; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: No X Windows on PowerBook G3 Help! > > > > > So the previous kernel was also a 2.4.18 release? > > > > > > > No the previous kernel was the 2.2.20 kernel that I have on my floppies. > > That one might have been suffering from the PCI overlap (I'd need to see a > lspci -vv output from the 2.2 kernel to be sure). Your 2.4 lspci dump > shows no resource overlap (2.4 kernels are capable of cleaning up > overlapped PCI resources on startup, that's why). So X should work to some > extent without crashing. > > > >> I found the only working driver was the "fbdev" driver, > needing no System > > >> RAM, but needing /dev/input/mice. > > > > > > Did fbdev work with the old kernel also? I suspect your new > kernel doesn't > > > fix the problem but rather found an old way to bypass the > problem (Michel: > > > does X mangle the PCI resources only with the aty driver, or does this > > > happen with fbdev as well?) > > > > No, the fbdev driver works as the only one only on the 2.4.18 > kernel. With > > this new kernel the problem was solved. > > OK; I just have to assume the LT-G is still unsupported by the XFree ati > driver, then. fbdev is a bit slower but at least functional. > > Michael >