Re: [ppc 9500]

[Stew Benedict]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Yvon Thoraval wrote:

> i did a complete successfull re-install of the mandrake 8.2 distro,
> howver at reboot, i don't get X.
> 
> the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log gives an error :
> 
> Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
> 

the module apm_emu sort of emulates the apm_bios, you should be able to
run X without it though, although you would probably still see that
message in the log.

> i thought bios was related to i386 or the like ???
> 
> after that, their is a search over the PCI bus without any message
> speaking about video card nor video screen.
> 
> what can i do in such a situation ?
> 

What driver are you using in XFree86Config-4?.  Did you try using fbdev?
Is the card pci?

Try:

cat /proc/fb
lspcidrake

Stew Benedict

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