Re: XFree86-4 (and clock problem)

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

On Sam, 2002-09-07 at 22:44, David Jones wrote:

> > One new problem is that I can't get XFree86-4 to run. I have edited
> > an available XFreeConfig-4 with my own monitor details but X fails
> > and reports Symbol _RamDacInit_ from module
> > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/glint.dv.0 is unresolved
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> #>They are possibly only a consequence of the real problem. Please
> > put up the log somewhere for us to look at.#
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> I have included both my XFree86 config and the error log, as usual any
> help would be great.

I've added a few comments to snippets from your attachments below.


> PS. I have just now tried the 2.4.18-2 kernal from the apus site, but I
> can only get as far as the black screen with penguin at the top (now
> not in a grey box) and a flashing white curser.=20
> no text is printed to the screen as normal.

I think that's normal pm2fb behaviour with debug=3Dmem.

> Nothing else happens so I need to reboot. So near yet so far!
> I have included the dmesg if that may help.

It seems to hang after some IDE stuff, could be the problem a lot of
1200 users have reported.


> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"BVision"
> 	Driver		"glint"
> 	BusID           "PCI:0:1:0"

Without PCI support, providing a PCI bus ID might hurt.

> 	VideoRam        8192

This shouldn't be necessary, the driver should detect the correct amount
on its own.

> 	Option		"UseFBDev"
> 	Option          "ShadowFB"

This option will disabled hardware acceleration, do you really want
that?

> 	Option          "NoInt10"
> EndSection


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