[Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64)

[Bruno C. <po...@gn...>]

I switched to a SVGA framebuffer and used XFree86 framebuffer driver...
Slow as hell, but better than nothing, especialy for non-gaming use.

I tried a vanilla 2.4.9 couple of months later, hoping to see a
difference. It still fade to black and need a reboot.

I finally stop using the laptop and didn't tried until then.

On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 09:05, Frank Neuber wrote:
    Hi Bruno and all fbdev gurus,
    I have exactly the same problem with my COMPAQ Presario laptop.
    After loading the module "atyfb" the screen go black and only display some
    colored pixels at the bottom line :-(.
    The X-Display is then also broken ...
    I did my tests wit the 2.4.9 kernel. The patch atyfb-new-20010117.diff
    don't work with 2.4.9 kernel. I think the patch is present in this
    kernel  version.
    
    lspci:
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M
    Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64)
    
    lspci -nvvv
    
    01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:4c4d (rev 64)
    	Subsystem: 0e11:b11b
    	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
    ParErr- Stepping+ SERR- FastB2B-
    	Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
    <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
    	Latency: 66 (2000ns min), cache line size 08
    	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
    	Region 0: Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
    	Region 1: I/O ports at 9000 [size=256]
    	Region 2: Memory at f4200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
    	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
    	Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0
    		Status: RQ=255 SBA+ 64bit- FW- Rate=x1,x2
    		Command: RQ=0 SBA- AGP- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none>
    	Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
    		Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
    PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-)
    		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-
    
    Did you solve your fbdev problem?
    At last I have the same questions:
    	is it a know problem by you?
    	if not, are you interested to fix it?
    	if yes, how can i be usefull?
    
    Best regards 
    Frank
    
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