XFree86 setup

bvc · September 15, 2003

ati driver installs don't make any needed changes? I don't have ati, but what I'd do is

Section "Module" 

    Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension 

   # Load "v4l" # Video for Linux 

    Load "extmod" 

    Load "type1" 

    Load "freetype" 

   # Load "glx" # 3D layer 

EndSection

and

Section "Device" 

    Identifier "device1" 

    Driver "whatever_ati_driver_name_is" 

    Option "DPMS" 

EndSection

and give yourself a res

Section "Screen" 

    Identifier "screen1" 

    Device "device1" 

    Monitor "monitor1" 

    DefaultColorDepth 16



    Subsection "Display" 

        Depth 16 

        Modes "800x600" "640x480"

    EndSubsection

cat /var/log/XFree86.0.log

to see Xserver errors.

September 15, 2003

Changed the bits you said. X server wouldn't start. Here's the log:

XFree86 Version 4.3.0

Release Date: 9 May 2003

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6

Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-23mdksmp i686 [ELF] 

Build Date: 08 September 2003

Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/

to make sure that you have the latest version.

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: Mon Sep 15 17:59:06 2003

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

Parse error on line 83 of section Screen in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

"Section" is not a valid keyword in this section.

(EE) Problem parsing the config file

(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()



Fatal server error:

no screens found



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.

Gowator · September 15, 2003

Parse error on line 83 of section Screen in file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
"Section" is not a valid keyword in this section.

In other words you missed out a gheading ... /looks back at post

I think from the error message you have

Section "Screen"

twice!!

September 15, 2003

I just did what I did again exactly and i cant see "Screen" twice..

Here's what I have: (I hope I edited it right according to that post :? )

# 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)

   #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

   AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work

EndSection



Section "Module"

   Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

  # Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

   Load "extmod"

   Load "type1"

   Load "freetype"

  # Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

   Identifier "Keyboard1"

   Driver "Keyboard"

   Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

   Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

   Option "XkbCompat" ""

   Option "XkbOptions" ""

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

   Identifier "Mouse1"

   Driver "mouse"

   Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

   Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

   Option "Emulate3Buttons"

   Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

   Identifier "monitor1"

   VendorName "Plug'n Play"

   HorizSync 30-70

   VertRefresh 50-120



   # 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"

   Driver "ati"

   Option "DPMS"

EndSection



Section "Screen"

   Identifier "screen1"

   Device "device1"

   Monitor "monitor1"

   DefaultColorDepth 16



   Subsection "Display"

       Depth 16

       Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

   EndSubsection



Section "ServerLayout"

   Identifier "layout1"

   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

   InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

   Screen "screen1"

EndSection

Should I do XFree86 -configure, post that and then start again from there?

September 15, 2003

I believe that this should have the correct driver in this version of Xfree86 as it was put on the server on the 08/09/03. Now whether thats US date format or UK (I suspect US) it doesn't matter because xfree86 added support for my card back in July (7th month). Am I assuming ok here?

Gowator · September 15, 2003

thanks for posting that ...

got it

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

You missing the RED ...

Add it and you should be OK !! :D

September 15, 2003

Tried it and no joy. Just to refresh peoples memories I thought the point of this was to get it to the correct driver and 32 bit? I don't see this 32 bit coming in yet.. or is that later :wink:

Log file from last attempt:

XFree86 Version 4.3.0

Release Date: 9 May 2003

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6

Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-23mdksmp i686 [ELF] 

Build Date: 08 September 2003

Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/

to make sure that you have the latest version.

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: Mon Sep 15 22:24:59 2003

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"

(==) ServerLayout "layout1"

(**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0)

(**) |   |-->Monitor "monitor1"

(**) |   |-->Device "device1"

(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"

(WW) Option "XkbCompat" requires an string value

(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

(**) XKB: model: "pc105"

(**) Option "XkbLayout" "gb"

(**) XKB: layout: "gb"

(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: 0.2

XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6

XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4

XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2

XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4

(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer

ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4

(II) Loading font Bitmap

(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a

(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6

(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1

(II) PCI: Config type is 1

(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)

(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3189 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b168 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01

(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8064 rev 08 class 04,01,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 08 class 09,80,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,7120 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1462,7120 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1462,7120 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00

(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1462,7120 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00

(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,4150 card 174b,7c19 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 80

(II) PCI: 01:00:1: chip 1002,4170 card 174b,7c18 rev 00 class 03,80,00 hdr 00

(II) PCI: End of PCI scan

(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 0 I/O range:

[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]

(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:

(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)

(II) Bus 1 I/O range:

[0] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]

[1] -1	0	0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]

[2] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B]

[3] -1	0	0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]

(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1	0	0xdfe00000 - 0xdfefffff (0x100000) MX[B]

(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:

[0] -1	0	0x9fd00000 - 0xdfcfffff (0x40000000) MX[B]

(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:

(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc unknown chipset (0x4150) rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/28, 0xdfef0000/16, I/O @ 0xc800/8, BIOS @ 0xdfec0000/17

(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc unknown chipset (0x4170) rev 0, Mem @ 0xb0000000/28, 0xdfee0000/16

(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are

[0] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]

[1] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]

(II) OS-reported resource ranges:

[0] -1	0	0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)

[1] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

[2] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

[3] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

[4] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

[5] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

[6] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff

(II) Active PCI resource ranges:

[0] -1	0	0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[B]

[1] -1	0	0xdfffff00 - 0xdfffffff (0x100) MX[B]

[2] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

[3] -1	0	0xdfee0000 - 0xdfeeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[4] -1	0	0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[5] -1	0	0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

[6] -1	0	0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[7] -1	0	0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[8] -1	0	0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]

[9] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]

[10] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]

[11] -1	0	0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[B]

[12] -1	0	0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]

[13] -1	0	0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

[14] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:

[0] -1	0	0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[B]

[1] -1	0	0xdfffff00 - 0xdfffffff (0x100) MX[B]

[2] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

[3] -1	0	0xdfee0000 - 0xdfeeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[4] -1	0	0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[5] -1	0	0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

[6] -1	0	0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[7] -1	0	0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[8] -1	0	0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]

[9] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]

[10] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]

[11] -1	0	0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[B]

[12] -1	0	0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]

[13] -1	0	0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

[14] -1	0	0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B](B)

(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:

[0] -1	0	0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)

[1] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

[2] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

[3] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

[4] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

[5] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

[6] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

(II) All system resource ranges:

[0] -1	0	0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)

[1] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)

[2] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]

[3] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]

[4] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]

[5] -1	0	0xdffffe00 - 0xdffffeff (0x100) MX[B]

[6] -1	0	0xdfffff00 - 0xdfffffff (0x100) MX[B]

[7] -1	0	0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O

[8] -1	0	0xdfee0000 - 0xdfeeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[9] -1	0	0xb0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[10] -1	0	0xdfec0000 - 0xdfedffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)

[11] -1	0	0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)

[12] -1	0	0xc0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)

[13] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]

[14] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]

[15] -1	0	0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]

[16] -1	0	0x0000e000 - 0x0000e01f (0x20) IX[B]

[17] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]

[18] -1	0	0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec07 (0x8) IX[B]

[19] -1	0	0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]

[20] -1	0	0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]

[21] -1	0	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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Server Extension

ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2

(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER

(II) LoadModule: "extmod"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a

(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 Server Extension

ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2

(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) Loading extension X-Resource

(II) LoadModule: "type1"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a

(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2

Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer

ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4

(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 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2

Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer

ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4

(II) Loading font FreeType

(II) LoadModule: "ati"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ati_drv.o

(II) Module ati: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 6.4.18

Module class: XFree86 Video Driver

ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6

(II) LoadModule: "mouse"

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o

(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"

compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0

Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver

ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4

(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.4.18) for chipsets: ati, ativga

(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets:

ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 ML (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PA (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PB (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PC (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PD (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PE (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PG (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PH (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PI (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PJ (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PK (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PL (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PM (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PN (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PO (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PP (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PQ (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PR (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PS (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PT (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PU (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PV (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PW (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PX (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 GL RE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 GL RF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 VR RK (PCI),

ATI Rage 128 VR RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SE (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 4X SF (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SG (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 4X SH (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SK (PCI/AGP),

ATI Rage 128 4X SL (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SM (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 4X SN (PCI/AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP),

ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TS (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TT (AGP?),

ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TU (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/7000 QY (AGP), ATI Radeon VE/7000 QZ (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP),

ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7 LX (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),

ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136, ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,

ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137,

ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,

ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QI (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 QJ (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QK (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP), ATI Radeon 9100 QM (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 QN (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QO (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 Qh (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Qi (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 Qj (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 Qk (AGP),

ATI Radeon 8500 Ql (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 BB (AGP),

ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9000 Id (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Ie (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9000 If (AGP), ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Ld (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Le (AGP),

ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lf (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M9 Lg (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9200 5960 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5963 (AGP),

ATI Radeon M9+ 5968 (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 5969 (AGP),

ATI Radeon M9+ 596A (AGP), ATI Radeon M9+ 596B (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9500 AF (AGP), ATI FireGL Z1/X1 AG (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP),

ATI Radeon 9700 NF (AGP), ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP)

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0

(II) ATI:  Candidate "Device" section "device1".

(WW) ATI:  PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!

(WW) ATI:  PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 could not be detected!

(EE) No devices detected.



Fatal server error:

no screens found



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.

I'm posting this log before I've read it, and as soon as it is posted I'll take my time to try and go through it :?

September 15, 2003

Ot oh... At 1st glance I can't see Radeon 9600 or 9600 Pro anywhere :x

bvc · September 15, 2003

It's there...just doesn't know which it is. I d/k if that's common for ati's or not.

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc unknown chipset (0x4150) rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/28, 0xdfef0000/16, I/O @ 0xc800/8, BIOS @ 0xdfec0000/17 

(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc unknown chipset (0x4170) rev 0, Mem @ 0xb0000000/28, 0xdfee0000/16

Anyone know if there's a diff?

BusID "PCI:1:0:0"

PCI 01:00:0

from

"(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0"

32bit? How, if all you get is 0bit, now? Is the module loaded? Have you back tracked and made sure all instruction were followed?

When you decide to start fresh, uninstall the ati driver>delete XF86Config-4>run drakconf (and/or mousedrake and XFdrake>install ati>edit/check XF86Config-4>startx.

Gowator · September 16, 2003

bvc: Well, I know the former works.... The latter might but remember theyre actually in hex! Doesn't matter much til 10 or A but ....

Ive always just done a straight converiosn to decimal and dropped the zeros....

As far as I remember the XFREE docs don't actually say ....

mahiles:

Sorry, I jumped in on bvc for the timezone thing ... it wasn't going to work without the endsection....

Its good practice to keep the indenting and make sure things are closed off... regarding section/subsection.

You can probably understand 90% of the file ... (noone who has normal social skills understands modelines ... :wink:) it looks complex and bizarre but you can see what all the sections do.... Youmight not beleive me right now but .... try at least.... We all were in your position once...

The different comments especially under the video section are based on your cards driver so they are just passed to it. but the rest is pretty much just sections which all get put together to make a "screen"

which (in XF4) then goes inside a layout!

September 16, 2003

Ok I come back today and now I'm just totally confused. Think am might leave this its way to complicated for me I'll just have to stick with 16 bit colour depth. One last question though, instead of messing about with which driver it is etc I just wanna try inputting what I want? I mean, where exactly do I put the resolution that its gonna use and the colour depth? If it doesn't work I'll just stick with what I have..

Germ · September 16, 2003

The default color depth is set in the Screen section and display resolutions for each depth in the subsections. The modes are attempted in order, so put the resolution you want first. In this copy of my Screen section in XF86Config-4, you can see my default is 1024x768 @24 bit color.

Section "Screen"

   Identifier "screen1"

   Device "device1"

   Monitor "monitor1"

   DefaultColorDepth 24



   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

September 17, 2003

Thanks, after playing with it for a while I've realised the only driver that I've got for my card only supports up to 24 bit so I've gone with that. Thanks for all your help everyone :)

bvc · September 17, 2003

Well, if you have 24bit you're good to go. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but that's it with XFree86 and gaming site's concerning NVIDIA say 24 is 32 in XFree86. I have yet to see anyone with a working 32bit when it come to XF86Config-4, that is.

Any X11 experts care to sed some light on this?

Gowator · September 17, 2003

Look.... you edited it yourself ...

Cool....

Linux often looks more complex than it is....

XFree86 is a big file and when you look at it all together its complicated but each section by itself is pretty logical...

eg the default depth does just that.

the order of the resolutions is the order they cycle when you CTRL+ALT+(+ or -)

Like I said the modelines bit is pretty complex, I sorta understand it but some parts Ive just never looked into...

Im sure if I do look though it will turn out to actually be quite simple and logical...

Good luck with the new config :D

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