Subject: Re: 2.4 Kernel & Xfree-4.0.1
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 22:43:43 MST
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Neil Jolly wrote:
> I've compiled the 2.4 kernel with support for rage 128 & 64 (among other
> things), the kernel boots into runlevel 3 alright, but as soon as i startx or
> change to runlevel 5 the screen blanks and the system appears to freeze
Although you neglected to mention what machine and boot method
you are using (always, ALWAYS say at least what machine), it's
my understanding that if you are using BootX, it leaves the PCI
bus in a weird state that XFree86 4.x isn't happy with.
(XFree86 3.x doesn't care). Hence, if you want to use XFree86
4.x, you MUST use yaboot. If you're on an old-world machine,
this implies that you can not use XFree86 4.x.
If anybody knows the above to be false (by actually running
XFree86 4.x on a machine booted with yaboot, please correct me).
- Paul
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