On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Michael wrote:

> Hello,
>
>> I'm trying to get X running on a Netra-AX1105-500 (about Blade 100).
>>
>> I put an ATI Rage IIc PCI adapter in the box. Console works fine,
>> here's the dmesg:
>>
>> machfb0 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: ATI Technologies 3D Rage IIC (rev.
>> 0x3a)
>> machfb0: 8 MB aperture at 0x01000000, 4 KB registers at 0x00002000
>> machfb0: 4096 KB EDO DRAM 94.585 MHz, maximum RAMDAC clock 230 MHz
>> machfb0: initial resolution 1024x768 at 8 bpp
>> wsdisplay0 at machfb0 kbdmux 1: console (default, sun emulation)
>>
>> However, X fails to talk to pci2 dev 5. I'm not familiar with this
>> sparc64 stuff yet, sorry, but shouldn't it talk to machfb? Hm.
>> Currently, my X is set to use the ati driver.
>
> That's a known problem with some mach64-based chips and the atimisc
> driver. My problem is that I can't reproduce it - my Rage Pro works just
> fine. It's probably just a small glitch in the driver's chip detection
> code, but... :/
>
> have fun
> Michael
>

:-(

Argh. I'll give xorg a try first, then I'll grab some Rage Pro card.

Until I got the Pro, perhaps having a look at ATIMach64Probe() might help 
if I at least add some debug print output to see where exactly it fails...

-Florian