Re: Newbie problems , 2.4.x and Xfree86

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 00:17, Daniel Palmer wrote:=20
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> >The output you posted shows that the kernel panics when it probes for >P=
CI=20
> >hardware. Do you have a PCI daughter board or something? I think >these=20
> >have been reported to interfere with the PCI code for the >B/CVision car=
ds.
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> I've been disscusing this via e-mail with someone else on the list over t=
he=20
> past couple days ..

I'm CC:'ing the list, hoping that others can benefit.

> I think we rounded it down to a PCI problem because i later discovered th=
at
> i can't boot 2.2.x kernels that have the PCI stuff in so i'm currently us=
ing
> the latest prebuilt kernel that doesn't do a PCI probe. The strange thing
> is i don't have any real pci devices or a bus board, i only have the bliz=
zard
> vision (which is a pci device , but shouldn't really crash the probe :/) =
connected.
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> The blizzard is flashed with the last phase5 rom ( i've also tried the DC=
E=20
> one with the pci stuff , but that seemed to nock the BV out ) , its left =
me=20
> completly puzzled , as i haven't got any pci hardware and i'm booting APU=
S=20
> from its own clean harddrive with only a small 0s3.1 install on to get it=
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> booted.
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> Maybe it thinks i've got a busboard or something ( i wish :) )

The problem I suspected would be the other way around, that it would get
confused by a bus board when it expects a B/CVision.

> >Are you using pm2fb in console? Otherwise try without >Option=20
> >"UseFBDev",you'd be missing out on pm2fb though.
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> I'm using the pm2fb console , IIRC 1024x768-60 , i was told to try a nice=
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> standard mode , but alas that didn't help either

The funny thing is that the PCI code is taken from pm2fb. The X problem
might be related, my only guess is that it's somehow related to the
Firmware upgrade.


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast