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  From: Ray Lehtiniemi <rayl@mail.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 00:48:11 -0400

atyfb and mach64 GX

hi folks

i'm trying to build and boot 2.2.10 w/ fbdev support enabled for my
older winturbo mach64 GX card (intel box).  no joy to speak of so far.

i have not got any of the userspace stuff built, as i got the impression
you can just build the kernel stuff first, and it won't kick in until
you actually start using the fbdev devices.  am i wrong?

anyway, right at the start of the boot, the display goes black and stays
that way (unless i login blind and start X.  then the screen goes white
and stays that way).  the blank seems to occur just as atyfb_init is doing
its thing.

i passed vc:8-9 and it seems i can login (blindly) on those consoles,
echo bells, etc.  although the logins don;t seem to be recorded in
/var/log/messages.

i tried passing the vga=792 to lilo as suggested in the HOWTO, but
it complained about an invalid mode.  when i selected one from the scanned
list, the above scenario repeated.

so, am i doing something wrong, or am i just SOL with this card?


tia

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