[svlug] Red Hat 7.3 problem(s)

[Erik Steffl]

"Karl F. Larsen" wrote:
> 
> 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 might need to recompile kernel if the driver is not included.

> >    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.

  well, if the driver is not there it's not going to work. I don't know
how redhat works - you might be able to find some RPM with tdfx.o
driver. Worst case is that you have to compile your own kernel (which is
not really that bad).

	erik