[svlug] Red Hat 7.3 problem(s)

[Karl F. Larsen]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Erik Steffl wrote:

> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> ...
> > 	But, after telling it to give me a 1024X768 X window it 
> > up-chucked and gave me an unstable 800X600 on my nice new 17 inch active 
> > matrix flat screen monitor! Odd, since Red Hat 7.2 on the same machine 
> > works just fine.
> > 
> > 	I tried #modprobe tdfx and got "module not found". Tried it on 
> > this 7.2 and it worked fine.
> 
>    if it's tdfxfb.o then you have to do modprobe tdfxfb

	Yes Eric, I have learned so far that tdfxfb.o is NOT the driver 
for my video device. It is tdfx.o and I can't find it, but will continue 
to look.

> 
>    you shouldn't modprobe the module though, it should be specified as a 
> driver in your XF86Config:
> 
> 
> Section "Device"
>          Identifier      "3Dfx Voodoo3"
>          Driver          "tdfx"
> EndSection
> 
	Yes that is exactly how it's specified in XF86Config. Red Hat 
now thinks the kernel was loaded without DMA support. A look with lspci 
-vvn shows a problem there.

	Since I'm just a user, this is getting over my head.


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72, Karl K5DI                      
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