ATI Radeon PCI & G3 DT - Loosing display connection

[Gavin Hemphill]

Search the archives (accessable through the ydl site), the answer to 
this was posted a few weeks ago but I don't remember the details.
	G+

Thomas wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> I have YDL 3.0.1 running on a beige G3 Mac upgraded with a SONNET G4
> 500, Ultra-ATA 66 HD, DVD-ROM, 512 MB RAM and the ATI Radeon PCI.
> 
> I do only use the Radeon but not the internal video connector of the
> motherboard (ATI Mach64 RageII) and have a 15" TFT display attached to
> the Radeon.
> 
> I boot using BootX 1.2.2 with kernel-2.4.22-g and have the "No video
> driver" option enabled.
> 
> All works fine at a first glance, YDL boots and displays all messages
> until login on my display.
> 
> I then login as user, type "startx" and my X11 desktop appears.
> 
> All is fine, the resolution is 1024x768 and it looks all fine.
> 
> BUT:
> 
> Whenever I try to enter a console outside X11 or shutdown X11 by logging
> out, my display gets out of sync and I do not have a visible console
> anymore.
> 
> The only chance I have is to type "reboot" blindly and have the machine
> restarted.
> 
> Any help is appreciated!
> 
> This is my XF86config file:
> ---------------------------
> 
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name
> of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "fbdevhw"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "freetype"
> 	Load  "type1"
> 	#Load	"dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # Change "XkbModel" to "macintosh_old" if you are using
> # the deprecated adb keycodes.
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> 	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> 	Option	    "XkbModel" "macintosh"
> 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	ModelName    "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1024x768"
> 	HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
> 	VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
> 	Option	    "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
> 
> 	#Option	"ShadowFB"	"true"
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "radeon"
> 	BoardName   "ATI Radeon (generic)"
> 	Option	    "UseFBDev" "true"
> 	BusID       "PCI:0:15:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultDepth     16
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     8
> 		Modes    "1024x768"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     16
> 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600"
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 		Modes    "1024x768"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
> 	Group        0
> 	Mode         0666
> EndSection
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Thomas
> 
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