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   From: jmcbride@mail-on.us   
      
   lbrtchx@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >  Hi,   
   > ~   
   >  after downloding the iso and verifying it was OK using knoppix 5.1.1,   
   > while trying to boot gentoo, I got:   
   > ~   
   > XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) o XServer ":0.0"   
   >       after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining   
   > ~   
   >  I am trying to boot gentoo livecd:   
   > ~   
   >  Linux version 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 (root@kagome) (gcc version 4.1.1   
   > (Gentoo 4.1.1-r3))   
   > ~   
   >  on a   
   > ~   
   > CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ stepping 02   
   > Total of 1 processors activated (1996.07 BogoMIPS).   
   > ~   
   >  I read online that this error happens because X does not support   
   > RADEON cards   
   > ~   
   >  The stanzas on my dmesg output that may relate to this problem may   
   > be:   
   > ~   
   > initialized device: /dev/synth, node ( MAJOR 10, MINOR 25 )   
   > vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xf8880000, using 3072k,   
   > total 65536k   
   > vesafb: mode is 1024x768x16, linelength=2048, pages=41   
   > vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:534c   
   > vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c53ba, set palette = c00c53f4   
   > vesafb: pmi: ports = cc10 cc16 cc54 cc38 cc3c cc5c cc00 cc04 ccb0 ccb2   
   > ccb4   
   > vesafb: scrolling: redraw   
   > vesafb: Truecolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0   
   > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48   
   > fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device   
   > ~   
   >  What can I do to solve this problem?   
   > ~   
   >  knoppix 5.1.1 used this type of video card without any problems but I   
   > did find a lot of ** RADEON ... messages on the screen when I was   
   > shutting it down   
   > ~   
   >  Any cheat codes I could use to make Gentoo use this card?   
   > ~   
   >  Thanks   
   >  lbrtchx   
      
   I don't have a live cd or dvd to test with, but isn't gentoo-nofb a kernel   
   option? I'd try that and if that fails, look for "vesa" as a boot option   
   for the kernel. If that fails, just force a boot into text mode and make   
   your own x config file...   
      
   You must have a really odd Radeon video hardware, as it has worked well in   
   th past for me on a number of 8500 and close relatives.   
      
   Cheers.   
      
      
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   Jerry McBride (jmcbride@mail-on.us)   
      
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