Subject: Re: 2.4 Kernel & Xfree-4.0.1
From: Nathan Hjelm (hjelmn@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 13:19:15 MST
i have a 6400/G3 which i am running X11 4.0.2 on and i
have no problems.. maybe you could show me what your
/var/log/XFree86.0.log says
--- Stefan Jeglinski <jeglin@4pi.com> wrote:
> > 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).
>
> I run 402 and BootX on 2 9500-class machines with no
> problems. I have
> a 6500 with BootX for which I cannot launch X402
> without fatal errors
> involving the atimisc module, regardless of whether
> I install from
> available rpms or build from source. That one is
> really aggravating
> me, because there appears to be -no- resolution to
> the issue. If
> anyone is running X402 on a 6500, I really want to
> talk to you!
>
>
> Stefan Jeglinski
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