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Holly Bostick wrote: |
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>Benjamin Grauer schreef: |
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>>Holly Bostick wrote: |
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>>>Benjamin Grauer schreef: |
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>>>>Hi there |
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>>>>i use an ati graphicscard with fglrx, and since this f* driver |
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>>>>does not work with 2.6.12-kernels, i wondered if i could emerge |
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>>>>old kernels... |
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>>>Yes it does work with 2.6.12 kernels.. |
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>>not for me... same config (as in 2.6.11) leads to black screen in |
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>>2.6.12 and all i can do then is a reboot |
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>That suggests that you have misconfigured something in your new kernel.... |
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>Do you possibly have DRI enabled in the kernel? It is on by default in a |
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>new kernel config, but it must be turned off for the ATI drivers to work. |
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no.. |
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>Second, did you re-emerge ati-drivers after compiling the new kernel? |
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yes |
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>Third, is your xorg.conf set to use internal agpgart (from the fglrx |
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>driver) or not (external agpgart from the kernel)? |
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internal/external both tested |
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>If it is set to "no", because you need to use the kernel module, did you |
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>also enable support for your motherboard, if a kernel module is |
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>available for that? |
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yes enabled intel-module |
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>What, btw, is your motherboard/chipset? And what is your ATI card, while |
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>we're at it? Is your system 32-bit or 64-bit? |
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intel 875P (32bit) |
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>This driver does in fact work under 2.6.12; I've been using two |
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>different versions of the driver (8.14.13-r2 and 8.16.20) under several |
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>2.6.12 series kernels (-r6, r9, and now -r10 as soon as I reboot), and I |
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>know it works without 'extra' modification from what is normally |
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>necessary to get these drivers to install properly. I haven't seen the |
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>'black screen on boot' issue since before we went to the new numbering |
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>system (or shortly after we went to the new numbering system; in any |
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>case, it's been so long that I don't even remember exactly when it |
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>stopped in terms of it being a driver problem, rather than an error on |
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>my part). |
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so i think it is my fault, but do not know exactly |
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>Holly |
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