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If you think about security, you would need to have access to the source files and the way / settings the binaries are compiled. Then if you use the same settings and same gcc, they should result in the same binaries/rpms. If they differ, the binaries that are given might contain trojans, backdoors etcetc. This is the true reason that MS showing the source to some institutions (Shared source initiative) is completely b*ll*cks, because they don't give the necessary compiler plus used switches to repeat the process and compare the output. So you have no way of knowing about any backdoors. You actually have no way of knowing if the source they show you is actually the real source they compile from (apart from that it's likely incomplete, it might be something completely different...)

<long only slightly relevant story> Before the weekend I had this exact problem, actually for my father-in-law who needed a well presentable document for his company (one-man co.).. I used OOwriter, just did a print to file, selected pdf as a format. (as the topicstarter mentioned, this works, but not really/always!) Opened the .pdf by clicking on it in konqueror. Looked perfect in KGhostscript. Sent it off, then on his windows machine my father-in-law had most of the text supplanted by the character Ü..... only some headings remained... His acrobat reader had complained about not having certain fonts etc. Next day I tried at work, on another (win) machine... same thing. I had winword there (same version that the original doc was made on), with the system there I could create a .pdf that was 'portable', so problem solved, it seemed. Next day I tried at home, under linux, with xpdf instead of Kghostscript, to read the old file (the one I first created). Same problem as under windows. Tried the .pdf I made at work (with the expensive software): graphics looked very bad.... Then I did the Right Thing: I found how to do it under linux. </long only slightly relevant story> <start of useful info> In OOwriter: select printer ==> pdf 1.4 press (or something like that) THEN print to file, type=pdf. Then it works fine. Before I had my std inkjet printer selected, and somehow it just tries to use different (not-portable) fonts or so. Even printing to ps and then using ps2pdf, it didn't give good output! The same day, my father-in-law managed to do it with a windows shareware/freeware ps2pdf, but there was still some problem with the output not being quite correct. He asked me to show him how to do it with linux next time I visit them... I I think we will have a convert soon... :) (He also wants me to setup a linux box for his showroom, he's in the office ergonomics and systematics business, and doesn't want any licence issues but would like a nice pc / screen with bunch off colourful apps..)

I just found this: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/21303 which mentions the program imwheel (urpmi imwheel as root installed it for me from the 3rd cd), further it explains how to set things up; My mouse sections in XFree config look like: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse" Option "Buttons" "8" Option "ZAxisMapping" "7 8" Option "Resolution" "10" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse2" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Resolution" "1500" EndSection (Never mind the resolution thingy, I was playing and left it there; also yes, I have to mice now; there is one more line toward the end (in the serverlayout section): InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents" but anyway) Im using the following xmodmap: #!/bin/sh xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 7 8 6 4 5" (as a script in ~.kde/Autostart/) and have just added: #!/bin/sh imwheel -k -b "87" So my xmodmap and imwheel commands are slightly different.. And my .imwheelrc is the same: ".*" None, Down, Alt_L|Left None, Up, Alt_L|Right So the first thumb button is forward in Opera, Konqueror etc, the second is back.. (alt+right arrow key and alt+ left arrow key). <edit> Slight addition, after repeatedly starting X and not getting the desired result,... I now have one file in the .kde/Autostart folder, with the following contents: #!/bin/sh killall /usr/bin/imwheel xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 7 8 6 4 5" imwheel -k -b "87" because I found out that when kde started, a /usr/bin/imwheel -p got started, which then prevented proper functionality.. Anyway, now it works fine. I still have the question of how to bind other functions to the thumbbuttons, like moving windows or putting them to the back... Maybe kde has some way of doing that? (instead of using lmb+alt or mmb+alt.)

Counterspy, the problem is not the driver, when I use xev it really sees button 7 and 8 clicked. The only one that is not recognised is the one on top, which is not handy anyway. XFree 4.2 is capable of 8 buttons (found this info somewhere on the web), which would explain why the top button isn't seen. So the driver is fine. I just want to know how to connect the buttons to certain keys or actions. bvc, Thanks for the link to that article; actually, I used very similar xmodmap commands to get the wheel to work... The following quote is related to my problem/inconvenience: So the buttons are seen, but not used. So how can I bind some other key or function to these extra buttons in kde? I'd be happy if someone could tell me how to use xmodmap to map alt_l or so onto button 8 or so....

Windows will use more if you have more mem. So will linux. But linux does it in a smarter way. You can see if more mem would be helpful, for instance: $ free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 515812 445684 70128 0 25048 229432 -/+ buffers/cache: 191204 324608 Swap: 1044184 0 1044184 So I have 512MB ram, which is well used, no swap is used, so a mem upgrade would not do much for me.

It looks like the bios doesn't see the keyboard (which then continues in w2k) upon reboot. What if you set lilo to boot to mdk9 by default, does it then also not have keyboard and mouse? Do you have a usb keyboard and mouse? Have you checked bios settings? If you can't select things in the bootloader menu, it seems your bios doesn't work right...

I recently got the logitech 700mx wireless optical (nice mouse), with xev (from some xfree package) I can see that it recognises all buttons except the one on top (which is not placed practically anyway); the extra scrollbuttons actually give the same signal as the mousewheel during scrolling, so no way to make that scroll more/faster than the wheel (which is supposedly the case under win; I don't know, haven't booted win in quite a while.. ;) ) But I'd actually like to be able to use the thumbbuttons for something, for instance: to move windows with one, and push windows to back / bring to front with the other (without having to go to the window frame). I don't know how to configure this; I'm using xmodmap -e "pointer= 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" (to get the scrollwheel to work; could be slightly different, doing this from memory...), I tried to assign alt_l or so (since alt + mouse button lets you move or bring to front etc), but that doesn't work. Anybody any idea? I'm using kde, so it would also be fine if you know a fix that only does the trick in kde.

I can't give you a direct answer, since you don't give any info about what kind of budget you have, what you want to use the computer for etc. Things I had in mind when I bought my computer: -didn't want a fan on the mobo chipset (wanted a as silent as possible system) -wanted usb2 (you'll want this too) -wanted a nice upgradepath, which I got (duron 1GHz now, can probably take a barton when those come out, I'll wait until the fastest barton that fits on my mobo gets down to a decent price, plus that duron will be a nice upgrade for my girlfriends machine) -wanted enough possibility to add ram (meaning: at least 3 slots, not 2) -wanted to be sure there would be bios updates (bugfixes, to accomodate new cpus etc) Remember: memory and cpu upgrades are easiest, with a new mobo your chipset may not be recognised (happened to me in March with my system, couldn't play dvd's and wondered why -- no dma; had to recompile the kernel etc.. after which I couldn't use the nvidia rpms anymore etcetc), under windows (not for you since you don't have it) you must reinstall the whole system, .... with a graphics card update you may have to install the drivers and edit the xf86config file etcetc. I'm not really on a budget, meaning I could (if I wanted) go out and buy the most expensive hardware, but I believe in value for money; with my current machine, to which I recently added the gf4200, I think I can go on for another 2 to 3 years (with a cpu and maybe a memory upgrade); make sure you have a decent power supply (don't go by watts, take a recognised brand; I'll rather take a 300W enermax than some 450W no-name noise thing..). I'll pop in a faster cpu, maybe a 2GHz athlon xp sometime this year, and to stretch life a barton when those are cheap (end of next year), a dvd+rw burner (those are cheaper per MB than cd-r's already.. just waiting for the faster burners that Philips promised, should have 8x out this spring!), maybe a flatscreen/tft. Oh, and for future upgrade reasons, you may want to get a graphics card with a dvi-i connector (the -i meaning that you can also connect an analogue monitor to it). Pass on any harddisk with less than 40GB, 60GB if you want to rip+encode dvds and have a nice mp3 collection. Pick a hsf with low noise fan (I have an arctic super silent, quiet and dirt cheap, ~10euro) and dito power supply; I'm not sure, but I think cheap noname graphics cards more easily use these tiny fans that make loads of noise after 5 months; cards from real brands may be better in that respect. Sound: if you don't need/want surround/5.1, you may be perfectly happy with onboard sound, as long as it's on an external (meaning: not on the chipset) chip, like c-media. My mobo has this, even 5.1, but under linux unfortunately the rear channels are merely mirrors from the front, and I wanted real 4.0 surround. Sblive 5.1 does the job fine. Monitor: make sure you see it in action; make sure it runs at atleast 85Hz (unless it's a tft) at the resolution you'll use it at. Between now and 5 months lies also the introduction of the amd hammer/ athlon 64, .... even if you don't want one, it will bring down prices! Golden rule: if you can still wait, wait. It will only be cheaper and faster.

Just boot to text mode, edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (make a backup copy just in case) with a text editor such as vi, pico or nano, and adjust the horizontal and vertical frequencies to comply with your new monitor. I'm guessing that your setup for the old monitor has 85Hz or so, just put the vertical max rate at 75 and you should be ok. Save the file and try startx.

Have a look here: http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/ and find out which webcams definitely work. I have the Philips webcam pro 3d (750), works great. I use SDLcam (from the contrib ftp sites, or maybe from plf?) to take pics. Works also great with gnomemeeting. You need an extra driver for high res and high fps, to be found on the above website. Don't believe the hype, it can't do 60fps in vga, 15 maybe. And the advertised resolution is interpolated (the one for snapshots) 1280x960. The true optical resolution is vga, 640x480. But then again, no other webcam really has higher resolution. Anyways, the webcams that are indicated on that site to work, really do. Funnily enough, I can't seem to get it to work on win98se (not that I care)... It worked during installation, and then never again... Like the box said, minimum system requirements: OS: win98. Guess that's like games that require quite a bit more than it says on the box. In my case it required Mandrake linux.... ;)

Ok, see below for the file; (oh btw I just saw you mention that friends computer with the radeon on another thread... happy it works, an hours work is nice when it pays off) The dir's I will have checked later (I'll ask my friend to send me the result). # File generated by XFdrake. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "de_CH" Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "Panasonic TX-D1753-SW" HorizSync 30-86 VertRefresh 50-160 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "ATI Radeon" Driver "radeon" Option "DPMS" Option "AGPMode" "true" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection

Ok, it's been some time since this colleague also tried RH8, where he has other probs (sound) and win2k (no comment), but he did try the dri-snapshot, with no success. I finally got him to mail me the xfconfig file, which looked ok to me (I can post it if you want) and the xfree logfile, which isn't clear to me at all why it aborts... Any hints? Please advice. Here is the log (sorry for the long post): XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 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 2.4.18-23mdkenterprise i686 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 5 00:14:51 2002 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" (==) ServerLayout "layout1" (**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1" (**) | |-->Device "device1" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "de_CH" (**) XKB: layout: "de_CH" (WW) Option "XkbOptions" requires an string value (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" Using vt 7 (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80000088, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 100b,0020 card 1385,f311 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3147 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 23 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 23 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1462,4720 rev 40 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,5157 card 17af,2002 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: "scanpci" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) UnloadModule: "scanpci" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B] [1] -1 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B] [2] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B] [3] -1 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0xdfe00000 - 0xdfefffff (0x100000) MX[B] (II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0xbfc00000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x20100000) MX[B] (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus -1 I/O range: (II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range: (II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range: (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Radeon 7500 QW rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/28, 0xdfef0000/16, I/O @ 0xc800/8, BIOS @ 0xdfec0000/17 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [1] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [2] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [3] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [5] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [7] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [9] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [10] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) (II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps: [0] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [1] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [2] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [3] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [5] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [7] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [9] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [10] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) (II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI: [0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) All system resource ranges: [0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [5] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [6] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [7] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [11] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [12] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [13] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [14] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [15] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [16] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [17] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a (II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Server Extension ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "v4l" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o (II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.0.1 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a (II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Server Extension ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension SHAPE (II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD (II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS (II) Loading extension SYNC (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XC-MISC (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension FontCache (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) LoadModule: "type1" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a (II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.1 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font Type1 (II) Loading font CID (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a (II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.1.10 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a (II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading sub module "GLcore" (II) LoadModule: "GLcore" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a (II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a (II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading sub module "drm" (II) LoadModule: "drm" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a (II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) LoadModule: "radeon" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o (II) Module radeon: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 4.0.1 Module class: XFree86 Video Driver ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) LoadModule: "ati" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o (II) Module ati: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 6.4.7 Module class: XFree86 Video Driver ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o (II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3 (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux (II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.4.7) for chipsets: ati, ativga (II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RK (PCI), ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 SM (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PD (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PP (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro PR (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP) (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP), ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP), ATI Radeon VE QY (AGP), ATI Radeon VE QZ (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LW (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LX (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility LZ (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 BB (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP) (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (--) Chipset ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP) found (II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call: [0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [5] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [6] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [7] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [11] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [12] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [13] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [14] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [15] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [16] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [17] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) (II) Loading sub module "radeon" (II) LoadModule: "radeon" (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o (II) resource ranges after probing: [0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [5] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [6] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [7] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [10] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B] [11] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B] [12] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B] [13] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [14] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [15] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [16] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [17] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [18] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [19] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [20] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) [21] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B] [22] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B] (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Loading sub module "vgahw" (II) LoadModule: "vgahw" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) RADEON(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000 (II) RADEON(0): PCI bus 1 card 0 func 0 (**) RADEON(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 16 bits stored in 2 bytes (16 bpp pixmaps) (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor (WW) RADEON(0): Option "AGPMode" requires an integer value (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 565 (II) RADEON(0): Using 6 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC) (II) Loading sub module "int10" (II) LoadModule: "int10" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) RADEON(0): initializing int10 (II) RADEON(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP)" (ChipID = 0x5157) (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xc0000000 (--) RADEON(0): MMIO registers at 0xdfef0000 (--) RADEON(0): BIOS at 0xdfec0000 (--) RADEON(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kByte (64-bit DDR SDRAM) (II) RADEON(0): Primary Display == Type 1 (II) Loading sub module "ddc" (II) LoadModule: "ddc" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a (II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) Loading sub module "i2c" (II) LoadModule: "i2c" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a (II) Module i2c: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.2.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) RADEON(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized. (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered. (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered. (II) RADEON(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed. (II) RADEON(0): I2C EDID Info: (II) RADEON(0): Manufacturer: MEI Model: c39 Serial#: 369 (II) RADEON(0): Year: 1997 Week: 22 (II) RADEON(0): EDID Version: 1.0 (II) RADEON(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V (II) RADEON(0): Sync: Separate Composite SyncOnGreenSerration on. V.Sync Pulse req. if CompSync or SyncOnGreen (II) RADEON(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 32 vert.: 24 (II) RADEON(0): Gamma: 2.38 (II) RADEON(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display (II) RADEON(0): redX: 0.635 redY: 0.333 greenX: 0.280 greenY: 0.595 (II) RADEON(0): blueX: 0.152 blueY: 0.063 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.298 (II) RADEON(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: (II) RADEON(0): 720x400@70Hz (II) RADEON(0): 720x400@88Hz (II) RADEON(0): 640x480@60Hz (II) RADEON(0): 640x480@67Hz (II) RADEON(0): 640x480@72Hz (II) RADEON(0): 640x480@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): 800x600@56Hz (II) RADEON(0): 800x600@60Hz (II) RADEON(0): 800x600@72Hz (II) RADEON(0): 800x600@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): 832x624@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced) (II) RADEON(0): 1024x768@60Hz (II) RADEON(0): 1024x768@70Hz (II) RADEON(0): 1024x768@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): 1280x1024@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): 1152x870@75Hz (II) RADEON(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 (II) RADEON(0): Supported Future Video Modes: (II) RADEON(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 75 vid: 36737 (II) RADEON(0): #1: hsize: 1152 vsize 864 refresh: 75 vid: 20337 (II) RADEON(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 75 vid: 20321 (II) RADEON(0): #3: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 70 vid: 19041 (II) RADEON(0): #4: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 60 vid: 16481 (II) RADEON(0): #5: hsize: 832 vsize 624 refresh: 75 vid: 20297 (II) RADEON(0): #6: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 75 vid: 20293 (II) RADEON(0): #7: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 72 vid: 19525 (II) RADEON(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) RADEON(0): clock: 135.0 MHz Image Size: 286 x 229 mm (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1280 h_sync: 1296 h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end 1688 h_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 1024 v_sync: 1025 v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: 1066 v_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) RADEON(0): clock: 100.0 MHz Image Size: 300 x 225 mm (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1152 h_sync: 1208 h_sync_end 1336 h_blank_end 1456 h_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 870 v_sync: 873 v_sync_end 876 v_blanking: 915 v_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) RADEON(0): clock: 78.8 MHz Image Size: 300 x 225 mm (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1040 h_sync_end 1136 h_blank_end 1312 h_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 769 v_sync_end 772 v_blanking: 800 v_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): Supported additional Video Mode: (II) RADEON(0): clock: 75.0 MHz Image Size: 300 x 225 mm (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1048 h_sync_end 1184 h_blank_end 1328 h_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 777 v_blanking: 806 v_border: 0 (II) RADEON(0): End of DDC Monitor info (II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=12 min=20000 max=35000; xclk=20000 (==) RADEON(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) RADEON(0): monitor1: Using hsync range of 30.00-86.00 kHz (II) RADEON(0): monitor1: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-160.00 Hz (II) RADEON(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 350.00 MHz (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (hsync out of range) (II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (hsync out of range) (--) RADEON(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) (**) RADEON(0): Default mode "1024x768": 94.5 MHz, 68.7 kHz, 85.0 Hz (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768" 94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync (**) RADEON(0): Default mode "800x600": 56.3 MHz, 53.7 kHz, 85.1 Hz (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600" 56.30 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync (**) RADEON(0): Default mode "640x480": 74.2 MHz, 85.9 kHz, 85.1 Hz (D) (II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 74.25 640 672 752 864 480 480 482 505 doublescan +hsync +vsync (--) RADEON(0): Display dimensions: (320, 240) mm (--) RADEON(0): DPI set to (81, 81) (II) Loading sub module "fb" (II) LoadModule: "fb" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a (II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1 (II) Loading sub module "ramdac" (II) LoadModule: "ramdac" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a (II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) Loading sub module "xaa" (II) LoadModule: "xaa" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a (II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (WW) module minor version (0) is less than the required minor version (1) (II) UnloadModule: "xaa" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a (II) Loading sub module "xaa" (II) LoadModule: "xaa" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a (II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 (II) RADEON(0): AGP Fast Write disabled by default (II) Loading sub module "shadow" (II) LoadModule: "shadow" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadow.a (II) Module shadow: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.1, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1 (**) RADEON(0): Disabling page flipping (!!) RADEON(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities of this adapter, please see http://gatos.sf.net. (II) do I need RAC? No, I don't. (II) resource ranges after preInit: [0] 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B] [1] 0 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B] [2] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B) [3] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [4] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [5] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [7] -1 0xdffff000 - 0xdfffffff (0x1000) MX[B] [8] -1 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B] [9] -1 0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B) [10] -1 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B) [11] -1 0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B) [12] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B] [13] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B] [14] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B] [15] 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B] [16] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [17] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [18] -1 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B] [19] -1 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B] [20] -1 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B] [21] -1 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B] [22] -1 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B] [23] -1 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B) [24] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B] [25] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B] (==) RADEON(0): Write-combining range (0xc0000000,0x8000000) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmOpenDevice: minor is 0 drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 7, (OK) drmGetBusid returned '' (II) RADEON(0): [drm] created "radeon" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0" (II) RADEON(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xe0a43000 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xe0a43000 to 0x40012000 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xc0000000 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel (II) RADEON(0): [agp] Mode 0x1f000201 [AGP 0x1106/0x3099; Card 0x1002/0x5157] (II) RADEON(0): [agp] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xe8a47000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring handle = 0xe0000000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring mapped at 0x48225000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] ring read ptr handle = 0xe0101000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] Ring read ptr mapped at 0x40014000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] vertex/indirect buffers handle = 0xe0102000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] Vertex/indirect buffers mapped at 0x48326000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] AGP texture map handle = 0xe0302000 (II) RADEON(0): [agp] AGP Texture map mapped at 0x48526000 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] register handle = 0xdfef0000 (II) RADEON(0): [dri] Visual configs initialized (II) RADEON(0): CP in BM mode (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 MB AGP aperture (II) RADEON(0): Using 1 MB for the ring buffer (II) RADEON(0): Using 2 MB for vertex/indirect buffers (II) RADEON(0): Using 5 MB for AGP textures (II) RADEON(0): Memory manager initialized to (0,0) (1024,8191) (II) RADEON(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1024 x 7423 (II) RADEON(0): Will use back buffer at offset 0x700000 (II) RADEON(0): Will use depth buffer at offset 0x880000 (II) RADEON(0): Will use 120832 kb for textures at offset 0xa00000 (==) RADEON(0): Backing store disabled (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled Fatal server error: Caught signal 4. Server aborting When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org. FatalError re-entered, aborting Caught signal 11. Server aborting

You could try to take out any hardware that you don't really need for the install, audio, network etc. Also, do you have the cdrom and harddrive on the same ide controller? You may want them on different ones, both as master. Could you use another cdrom? Your burner, for instance? You could try to check the cdrom by making an iso to the harddrive, and running md5sum on that. Did you select all the right options in your bios, not overclock your machine etcetc? What kind of memory do you have? If you have several sticks, maybe one is faulty, and it could help to remove that one? (if it works with win, it doesn't necessarily work with linux and vice versa, linux uses the memory from back to front, so to say...) (remember the PIII kernel compile issue that made Intel take the 1.13GHz version off the market..)

Ok, just forwarded the info, I'll let you know how that turned out, but I guess this should be ok. Thanks!!

DragonMage, do you mean: download the dri from cvs (which is not a sure way to get a working system) and compile? 400MB is quite a lot, and then not being sure it will compile properly.. :( Ah well... Also, I noticed in the XFree readme's that actually radeon 7500 should be supported with mdk9 download edition, so what's up with that? In any case, I'll let you know if it works, unless this colleague chooses to stick with RH8...

I was trying to help a colleague to try Mandrake 9.0 after RH7.3 didn't help him in getting dvd playback (now it seems it was just the dma that wasn't working, kt333 mobo chipset not recognized, like mdk8.2). But during the install, he got to the part where you get to test X, and the machine hangs. It does boot, but no graphics. He tried a number of things, ripping out any usb camera/printer, switching off and on the monitor, running XFdrake after install, downloading new drivers from sourceforge, booting with noapic option etcetc. All to no avail. Do people here with radeon 7500 have the same problems? Is there a simple solution for this problem? The system is a MSI mobo/kt333, athlon 1800+, radeon7500, 512MB ram.

Which Mandrake are you using? 9.0 comes with XFree 4.2.1 which you can install by just popping in the cd and doing an upgrade. If you use something older, why not going to mdk9 anyway, and be up to date?

Refer to your motherboard manual for the exact keys and looks of the bios; normally, you'd do something as follows: boot the pc, during the first screen you get to see, press the <delete> key. (could be another key, sometimes F2 or so) Then you get into the bios, you can use the arrow keys to navigate. Find the udma settings, and switch them off if you like. Personally, I think it's probably something else, but you never know. Now that you are there, you may want to do the following: - set the option: PnP OS (plug and play OS) to NO - Shadow video bios --> NO - Boot virus protection --> NO From the Mandrake install guide: If you want to have your parallel port printer (locally connected) properly detected, make sure that the parallel port mode is set to ECP+EPP.

Just for your info: I have an A7V333 (one of the first, bought in early March) and it works fine, apart from that I have some minor problem with lm_sensors (I get only the cpu temp, not the fanspeeds, working on that). Everything else, including the printer (epson 740) via usb is working fine, (oh, I didn't get my scanner to work, but the remedy should be to install the xsane packages from the web, instead of the mdk xsane package that 9.0 comes with), so no real problems with my board. Give it a try, maybe you get lucky. Oh btw, make sure you have set all options in the bios to safe ones, no overclocking, no other weird stuff, etcetc.

I was surprised to see that wine and starcraft worked out of the box, ... and then I wanted to play over my lan, which didn't work. I did set the ipx address, but whenever I go to multiplayer game, and select ipx game, it tells me: "Unable to initialize network provider" If you know how to solve this, please let me know. Also, I will post back to this topic as soon as I have managed to get it to work, so a lack of such reply means I'm still hoping for an answer/explanation that helps me out.

grep to be used with the pipe | if you want to see if a certain string is in a file: cat filename | grep <string> (and cascading to find how many occurances: cat file | grep string | wc etcetc) chmod, is often necessary when you get/download shell scripts, chmod +x file or chmod 755 file so at least they can be executed. less instead/as alternative of cat, because it allows you to search ( just type a slash followed by a string, and it will find that: /<searchstring> and because it lets you search up. Can be used easily with a pipe: ls -lrt | less Oh. for du: if you do it in your home-dir, it's awfully long: so you can do du -s . And that . stands for the dir you're in, and .. is one dir up. BTW, ls -a to show hidden files. One more thing, which I think is important: the bash <tab> completion has to be explained dir my documents (don't even know how you use spaces in dos) cd my<tab> ---> cd my documents And that is not a directory separator, but an escape character (not to be confused with a person on the run) And of course that tab completion also works for programs (as long as they are in your path) BTW you really need the . for "the dir I'm in" if you cannot execute commands if they're in the same dir (this is a security feature), so in /bin you'd have to do /bin/ls or ./ls to execute ls, well just an example) It is whenever the command is not in your path, it won't execute in any other way. rm -r is also rmdir (just like mkdir is to make dirs) who to know who is logged on (well, on linux home pc's not so interesting, on unix systems can be fun to look around in the system) whoami to be sure if you're logged in as root or yourself as a user. Very nice one: pwd (print working directory) to let you know where you are. mount as in mount mdkisos/Mandrake-cd2-ext.i586.iso -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom -o loop so you don't have to use the cd but can install directly from hd. umount /mnt/cdrom to unmount after that (note the omission of the 'm' in umount) I know a lot of this is not related to how things are done in dos, but I guess dos just doesn't have the same functionality either (why whould you need a who command on dos? :) ) Oh and one of the most important ones: man to get the manpage. I know this doesn't help if you don't know the command, but for mount to find umount, man mount will give you related pages. So I consider the command man the first step to help people use linux/unix independently. Also, it helps people realise what UTFMP (use the friendly man page) stands for....