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  From: James Simmons <jsimmons@edgeglobal.com>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:35:47 -0400 (EDT)

Re: atyfb and mach64 GX

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Ray Lehtiniemi wrote:

> 
> 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?
> 

Yes. If you want to use GGI you don't need fbdev. GGI supports many
display targets.

> 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?
>

SOL with this card for the stock kernel driver. The current ati driver for
the kernel doesn't support the gx card. I have one too and it doesn't even
see my card. Now as for the KGI driver that might work.  

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