On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 09:29, Arno Puder wrote: 
> 
> 
> Michel Dänzer wrote:
> 
> >>>>       #Option     "ProgramFPRegs"        # [<bool>]
> >>>>
> >>>...or disable programming of the FP registers with this one. (man r128)
> >>>
> >>Disabling it gets me one step further.  The X server does no longer 
> >>complain at startup. It switches to a black screen and then just hangs 
> >>(no mouse visible). <ctrl> - <alt> - <bs> doesn't work; I have to reboot 
> >>the machine with <ctrl> - <alt> - <del>.
> >>
> > 
> > As that works, the machine seems to be alive except for the display. Can
> > you access it remotely, e.g. with ssh?
> 
> 
> I can ssh to the machine, and as a matter of fact, I can kill XFree86 
> with <ctrl> - <alt> - <bs>, except that the display doesn't switch back 
> to text mode.
> 
> The only suspicious looking thing in the log file is:
> (EE) R128(0): [dri] R128DRIScreenInit failed (depth 8 not supported). 
> [dri] Disabling DRI.

Which is probably unrelated.

My only idea is that this is related to DDC, try disabling it with
Option "NoDDC" or "NoVBE" (IIRC).


-- 
Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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