configuring Rage 128 on 9500

[Scott Alan Burch]

I had aty128fb as my console designation in BootX. I have since gotten=20
fbdev to work at 1024x768-75 and getting workable performance.

thanks ##  scott


At 02:21 AM 2/2/03 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
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>On 31.01.2003 Scott Alan Burch wrote:
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> > I have a 9500 with a fresh install of YDL 2.3 and 320 MB RAM. The video
> > card is ATI Rage 128 on PCI with 16 MB VRAM.
> >
> > I have chosen r128 as the driver; I'm trying to launch at 1024x768 @ 75.=
  I
> > have identified the device as "ATI r128".
> >
> > At startx, all I am getting is a black screen. It is not even getting=
 back
> > to the console to tell me where it is screwing up.  A look at the var=
 log
> > indicates it stops running somewhere in the searching of the PCI bus.
>
>Hmmh, not really ...  ATI's Rage 128 is said to be supported by XF4.2
>'r128'-videodriver module. (I just learnt that there is a
>'r128'-kernelmodule for DRI-support, too)
>
>Did you use 'aty128fb' or 'atyfb' for your consolevideo-driver?
>
>Cheers, Markus
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