ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro - RH8 boot hangs

The system boots to a black screen with a clock in the middle and
colored pixels on the 20 top lines.  A this point it needs a hard
reset (power switch).  The system will work without DRI ('Load
"dri"' line is removed from the /etc/X11/XF86Config file).

The /var/log/messages log stops when the r128 is being initialized.
The "Guide to debugging DRI installation" (gatos web site) suggested
to check for the mtrr, agpgart and r128 modules.  All modules are
in the messages log and in the right order.

The /var/log/XFree86.log had one warning and one error message.  The
warning message was about "determining panel dimensions".  The error
message was because the monitor is not in the list.  The settings
are correct.  The other thing I noticed was the open to /dev/dri/card0
had three attempts before it was valid.

Any ideas what the source of the problem is or where I could find
information that would lead me to it?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Ed Kelby

============= The system configuration =============
Linux version 2.4.18-19.8.0 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)(out of the box)
1.2 GHz AMD with Acer chip set
ATI All-in-Wonder Pro (AGP; 16MB)
Samsung SyncMaster 955DF monitor

============= /etc/Xll/XF86Config =============
...
...
Section "Module"
       Load  "dbe"
       Load  "extmod"
       Load  "fbdevhw"
       Load  "dri"
       Load  "glx"
       Load  "record"
       Load  "freetype"
       Load  "type1"
EndSection
...
...
Section "Device"
       Identifier  "Videocard0"
       Driver      "r128"
       VendorName  "ATI"
       BoardName   "ATI Rage 128"
EndSection
...
...

============= /var/log/messages =============
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...

Jan 12 11:35:24 localhost kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel
...
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Jan 12 11:35:40 localhost kernel: agpgart: Detected Ali M1647 chipset
Jan 12 11:35:40 localhost kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe0000000

(last line in messages file)

============= /var/log/XFree86.log =============
XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-72) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
       If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
       newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
       reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp i686 [ELF]
...
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(--) R128(0): Chipset: "ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x5046)
(--) R128(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xd8000000
(--) R128(0): MMIO registers at 0xdfefc000
(--) R128(0): BIOS at 0xdfec0000
(--) R128(0): VideoRAM: 16384 kByte (64-bit SDR SGRAM 2:1)

(II) R128(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=60 min=12500 max=40000; xclk=7150
...
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(EE) R128(0): No DFP detected
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 kHz
(II) R128(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-160.00 Hz
...
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(--) R128(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280)
...
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(==) R128(0): Write-combining range (0xd8000000,0x1000000)
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device)
drmOpenDevice: Open failed
drmOpenDevice: minor is 0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 8, (OK)
drmGetBusid returned ''
...
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============= lspci output =============

       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
       Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
       Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 2.0
       Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 1

       Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 00007000-00008fff
       Memory behind bridge: dfe00000-dfefffff
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d7c00000-dfcfffff
...
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       Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro AIW AGP

       Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
       I/O ports at 8800 [size=256]
       Memory at dfefc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
       Expansion ROM at dfec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
       Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
       Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2