On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 12:44:08AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 00:41, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 12:15:01AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > Option "UseFBDev" only works with a 'real' framebuffer device. Does the > > > working system use aty128fb but the installation system OFfb? > > > > They are the exact same machine. > > I got that. :) > > Maybe the installation system boots with video=ofonly, or its kernel > doesn't have aty128fb, ...
FYI, I'm the "other guy" who tried this. Jimmy and I are both working on 600 MHz iBook Dual USBs. I checked the point you're describing with Jimmy. The aty128fb is compiled and available, and video=ofonly is not set in the default boot configuration. The part that is frustrating is this: (**) R128(0): Using framebuffer device (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw" (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" (II) Loading /live/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.0.2 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) UnloadModule: "ati" (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw" (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a (II) UnloadModule: "vgahw" (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) UnloadModule: "r128" (II) Unloading /live/lib/modules/drivers/r128_drv.o (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. All of a sudden, *something* is deciding it's time to bail out. It looks like the fbdevhw module. But no level of verbosity is explaining. On a normal startup, right after the fbdevhw module talks about itself, R128(0) speaks up and claims the ATI Rage 128 LF device. I don't understand the internals of xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/fbdevhw/fbdevhw.c to speculate on what's going on. Is there a place where some xf86DrvMsg()s could be added to help diagnose this apparent decision by the module to bail out?? -- G. Branden Robinson | It was a typical net.exercise -- a Debian GNU/Linux | screaming mob pounding on a greasy [EMAIL PROTECTED] | spot on the pavement, where used to http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | lie the carcass of a dead horse.
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