X Crashes on launch w/ ATI mobility Radeon

lowbatt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 83

Ok first of all I tried searching and didnt find anything I've got a iBook 600 with a ATI mobility Radeon with 16MB RAM.

I can not get X to work it crashes out with the following error

(Fatal Server Error
caught signal 11

XIO fatal IO error 104

There is more but I can not copy and paste.

So may question is what do I need to do special to get X set yup right? anything special in the kernel? what about monitor settings since it us a LCD.. I'm all confused here
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fudge · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 117

I don't know why your X server is bombing out. I too have the radeon
mobility on my laptop. It's working OK but I'm not too happy as I cannot
reliably get the 'Xv extensions' to work. Anyway, here's a summary of
what I've got.

In the kernel, under Character Devices, enable the Direct Rendering
Manager, them the ATI Radeon as a module. Build the kernel as normal
and install the modules and the boot image.

In /etc/modules.autoload, add 'radeon'.

An easy way to set up the /etc/X11/XF86Config file is to simply run
'X -configure'. X will probe your devices and give you a config file
that works.

Reboot and it should work.

If you're interested in switching on more features of the video chipset,
go to http://dri.sourceforge.net and grab the radeon driver from there.
Follow the instructions very carefully though.

As an aside, if anyone can direct me to a driver which supports the Xv
extensions, can they please let me know. Oh, and don't suggest gatos,
tried that and it doesn't work very well at all.

Fudge

Freak_NL · Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2002 8:24 pm Post subject:

Gatos doens't seem to do very well with the mobility series.. (radeon mobility M6 LY)

What's the first error (EE) you find in the /var/log/Xfree86.log file? That's usually the culprit. (spellcheck?)

lowbatt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 83

I actualy resolved the issue. since i was installing anyways i just started over wit hthe new 1.4r1 image and it worked right away. I think it had to do with my kernal config. because i was using the 1.4 image (beta). But hey it works great now

thanks
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fudge · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 25 Jul 2002 Posts: 117

Figured out how to get it all working together, including the Gatos ATI stuff. First, installed the radeon DRI from http://dri.sourceforge.net/. Follw the instructions and back up /lib/modules and /usr/X11R6 before starting. Once installed, there are some broken symlinks to fix. In /usr/X11R6/lib, libGL.so and libGL.so.1 are broken symlinks. Remove them, then: