Re: ATI

Gregoire FAVRE (gregoire.favre@urbanet.ch)
Tue, 09 Nov 1999 19:26:54 +0100


James Simmons wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Rage Fury (AGP) and an Xpert@Play (PCI) in my computer.
> >
> > for the first time, I managed compiling aty128fb on my 686, but I don't know
> > how to use it...
>
> Did you get the boot penguin? If you have that driver compiled into the
> kernel then you will have graphical console support.

No, I don't: at aty128fb initialisation, I only got garbage on my screen and the
boot process hangs :-(
No problem with vesafb :-)

> > First of all, I don't know if it is possible to have two fb?
>
> Yes. You can have up to 8. I have 5 cards in my system.

Wouah, just great!

> > With lilo, every attempt I do ends with the detection of Rage Pro and hangs
> > the
> > boot process... but turn on my second monitor that is plugged on the PCI
> > card.
> >
> > What option should I give at boot?
>
> First what video cards do you have in your system? Also what framebuffer
> devices are you compiling into your system?

I have a Rage Fury (AGP) and an Xpert@Play (PCI) in my computer.
vesafb alone work for one card (I have no more tested since I added the PCI one).
If I try aty128fb (with and without atyfb) I only got garbage on my screen and the
boot process hangs :-(

But there could be some parameters to give to lilo to proper handle that?

Thanks you very much,

Greg ICQ:16624071
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