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NautilusIII
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 Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 8:10 pm Post subject: Cannot reserve FB region [SOLVED] |
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If I get a "cannot reserve FB region" error from the radeonfb driver for my ATI Radeon 9700,
a) what can be the reason ?
b) how can I resolve the problem ?
Thanks.
Andreas
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YopWongSapn
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I have had countless issues with the radeonfb driver. I ended up just using the vesa driver for my framebuffer, and I honestly can't notice a performance difference. That may be your best bet. |
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NautilusIII
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| Hey, great, how can I change from using the radeonfb to vesafb ? |
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YopWongSapn
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| Quote: | | Hey, great, how can I change from using the radeonfb to vesafb ? |
First thing you need to do is compile it into the kernel:
(2.6.x kernels) Device Drivers --> Graphics --> [*]VESA VGA Graphics Support (uncheck ati radeon stuff)
Not sure what it is for 2.4.x kernels, sorry. 
Then you need to tell grub/lilo to use vesafb instead of radeonfb. If you're using lilo, it will be in the append= of the kernel you are trying to boot. Not sure what it would be for grub. |
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