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From: Mike Poor <p00r0ne@digitz.org>
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To: John Gordon <john.gordon@windriver.com>, p00r0ne@digitz.org
Subject: Re: ATI Mobility hell
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:06:21 -0500
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Thanks for all your quick replies.  Here is the lowdown.

The exact model of laptop: PCG-FX210

What happens is:

I run xf86config and write to file.  I try and startx after checking the file 
and the entire screen blanks (black) out.  Everything hangs at that point, 
and will sit there till I manually power off.

I had first tried the default X install from sysinstall (I believe it is 
3.3.6?) which ended up the same way as this.  I then installed from source, 
XF86 4.1, which is currently what I am trying to configure.  I would happily 
try something different... in order to get this working.

I also tried to bring over my config file from the linux side, and just 
change the font paths (different on the linux side).  Same end result (black 
screen).

Thanks for your patience and guidance,

Mike Poor

On Monday 31 December 2001 18:39, John Gordon wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> Just a thought, but you might want to tell us what exactly didn't work.
> "It doesn't work" doesn't make it easy to provide advice unless we
> happen to have the exact model of laptop you have (and, btw, you didn't
> tell us that either...).
>
> Let us know more about what happens, and what doesn't. Especially
> include error messages and perhaps even the relevant sections of the
> boot text (dmesg output). We might be able to help you more then.
>
> Rgds,
>
> John...
>
> > I have read all available ATI Mobility related posts, and have yet to
> > find the answer to my woes.
> >
> > Summary: Cannot get XF86 running on Sony Vaio with ATI Mobility Rage
> > (Mach64) with 8192 video memory.
> >
> > I have tried various releases of XF86, and nothing seems to work.
> >
> > Linux runs fine, with X et al.
> >
> > FreeBSD 4.4 and OpenBSD 2.9 run into this problem.
> >
> > Anyone out there that can help or point me in a particular direction?
> >
> > thanks in advance, Happy New Year,
> >
> > Mike
> >
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