Re: On the road to have XFree working with my ati Mach64VT ?

[Anne et Bertrand]

> > What seems signicative to me is a warning in the ati one (more than
> a
> > bunch of unused modelines) :
> > > (WW) ATI(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer.
> >
> > and the last line of the ati log file :
> >
> > > (II) ATI(0): Shutting down Xvideo subsystems
> 
> These messages don't really tell anything. I get the first one for
> sure,
> the second one I've seen as well but it's not currently in my log.
> 
> The Xvideo message does mean you're using the "new" GATOS driver; did
> you
> try the other ati driver named "ati_old"? I think it should be in the
> XFree86-server package as well. (it's in XFree86-4.2.0-10 on i586 at
> least, can't find the ppc package on rpmfind)

No, there isn't any driver with this name. If I try in XF86Config, it 
fails with :

(EE) LoadModule: Module ati_old does not have a ati_oldModuleData data 
object.
(EE) Failed to load module "ati_old" (invalid module, 0)
(EE) No devices detected.

Maybe it's x86 specific.

> > I usually boot linux with the accelerated ati console driver (with a
> > kernel argument "video = atyfb:accel" ...). I've tried to boot with
> the
> > "novideo" option in BootX (oldworld...). Then my consoles aren't
> > accelerated, but I still have the same warning in XFree86.log...
> 
> I don't use the accel option; never tried actually. My kernel video
> setting is "video=atyfb:vmode:17,cmode:16" (1024x768 @ 16bit
> probably).

I'm not sure it is still required in recent kernels. Try 
"/usr/sbin/fbset" in a terminal. If it says "accel : true", the console 
is accelerated.

Bertrand Dekoninck