I also had a problem with running sax2 to setup my ATI Mobility Rage 128 (uses the same r128 driver) -- it would lock my machine solid when trying to bring up the graphical setup screens. One thing that worked for me to generate the config file was using the version of sax2 that SuSE released together with X11 4.0.1 in auto mode (sax2 --auto). In this mode it does not try to bring up a graphical setup screen but just goes ahead and generates the /etc/X11/XF86Config file which I had edit only slightly to get it working. It also switched me correctly from version 3.3.6 to 4.0.2. Avi --On Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:18:26 PM -0500 Ed Harrison <ED.TMAN@verizon.net> wrote:
** Reply to message from mhf <michael.flug@snet.net> on Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:33:03 -0500
Could not find Config file! - Tried: /root/XF86Config /etc/XF86Config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.linux /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
Fatal Server Error: No Config File Found!
On my system (with 4.0.2) it is at /etc/X11/XF86Config.
There is a symbolic link to it.
The old one is at /etc/XF86Config, and it is confusing X.
FIRST copy it to a backup
cp /etc/XF86Config /etc/XF86Config.BAK
SECOND, remove the old one
rm /etc/XF86Config
THIRD, make the symbolic link to the new on
ln -s /etc/X11/XF86Config /etc/XF86Config
To configure your X server, neither sax nor sax2 nor any other nice stuff works.
As root use xf86config4. It is not pretty; it's all text but it will work.
Main point in configuring your Radeon, is to write the file to /etc/X11/XF86Config [default] AND THEN CHECK IT.
For a r128 chip Card to work there is only one entry that must be present.
In Section "Device", you should see Driver "r128"; if you see Driver "ati", or anything else, change it to "r128". This driver takes advantage of its capabilities.
When X starts up, it will probe "r128" and set all the other values.
Good Luck.
Ed Harrison SuSE 6.4, Kernel 2.2.18, IBM JDK 1.1.8 (20000713) or Warp 4, FP12 or Windows98 (running in vmware 2.0.3 for fun) PolarBarMailer 1.1.19
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