Frame Buffer problems

Markus Deistler yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Tue Dec 10 07:01:01 2002


Hi,

> should I use? Some references point to an 'atyfb' but for some reason whe=
n I
> tell the Xserv to use that, it tells me no known module exists by that na=
me.

'atyfb' is used for console-video at startup, and is the ati-specific
frambuffer run by the kernel. XFree86 uses a driver-module called 'ati.o',

> The 'ati' setup produces a skewed image much like the synch rate has been
> oversampled. Is this because of the adapter? Is there anything else I cou=
ld

Did you run xconfigurator? Sometimes it helps.

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