On Jan 11, 2012, Jesse St.John: > cool i recieve in a few days i was wondering if you could take a lil time > and explain the r128 patch to me, you had sent a link, but i didnt know what > to do with the patch. i mean i can complie a kernel so that isnt an issue, > but patching i tend to stay away from..... please please Well, first: launch X without patching r128 or anything: it might work as is. I was having segfaults and Xorg wouldn't even start, but that might not be your case. If it does segfault for you as well, then: - Download the latest version of xf86-video-r128 here: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-r128/snapshot/xf86-video-r128-6.8.1.tar.bz2 - tar xvjf xf86-video-r128-6.8.1.tar.bz2 && cd xf86-video-r128-6.8.1 - There's a "configure.ac" file, edit it this way (otherwise ./configure won't run); see line 37: XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.2) change it to: XORG_MACROS_VERSION(1.1) - Then, run: ./autogen.sh - This is where you apply the patch. You download it and you apply it this way: cat r128_driver.c.diff | patch -p3 - Then: make - Then, copy the new driver this way, as root: install -m 755 -o root -g root src/.libs/r128_drv.so /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers Or I can send you the r128 package I use, and you'll only have to install it.