Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc3

[Ernst Herzberg]

On Montag, 16. Februar 2004 01:43, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 11:38, Ernst Herzberg wrote:
> > On Montag, 16. Februar 2004 01:29, Ernst Herzberg wrote:
> >
> > Haaaalt! Yes, works, __but__:
> >
> > If you start X, the console is gone. No recovery but reboot possible.
>
> Using ATI binary drivers or XFree ones ? What XFree version ? X
> loves to screw things up on console save/restore in interesting
> ways. I think it +/- puts the chip back into some VGA mode...
>
> Another patch I posted earlier (copied below) _might_ help as it
> force radeonfb to reprogram the mode. Let me know.

Sorry, does not work. Previous attached patch does not help.

I'm _not_ using any binary drivers, as far as i know ;-)
I'm using gentoo stable,  i don't know exactly which patches are applied to 
the x-server:-)

relevant entries in this config:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "vesa"
        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
        BoardName   "Unknown Board"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

~Earny
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