Re: Q: problems with missing /dev/tty0 on X startup in MIPS system

[Pete P. <pp...@mv...>]

>Unfortunately - neither the fbdev code nor the X startup activates the 
>card.
>The X startup failed with an "unable to map the card" once and now 
>repeatedly fails with:
>  
>

I don't know which ATI Rage card you have exactly, but there is a patch 
for the RageXL (tested on a MIPS board) on 
ftp.linux-mips.org:/pub/linux/mips/people/ppopov/2.4/aty_nobiosinit.patch.

The problem is that at kernel version 2.4.24 or .25, don't remember 
which one, the aty code was restructured and the patch does not apply 
anymore.

Pete