[newbie]Please help with Matrox G400 and XFree 4.1.0

2001-10-10 Thread R. Alexander
Dear friends,
I have desperately searched some appends but really cannot understand if
they apply to my case.

With XFree 3.x I had a perfect XF86Config for my Matrox G400 driving my 16
TFT display.

Upgraded to 4.1.10 (on a 2.4.10 kernel) and am not able to get the
XF86Config-4 to work and I cannot even understand why it fails !!

Behaviour is that after startx for a fraction of a second I see the familiar
correct gray stippled pattern filling my screen but than after a couple of
flashes it dies back to the text console.

Below is the startx 2 output and the XF86Config-4 file. Thank you VERY VERY
VERY much for you help. Bob Alexander



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XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: xx August 2001
 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/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.7 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Wed Oct 10 15:38:36 2001
(==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout Default Layout
(**) |--Screen IBM M-Pro Intellistation console (0)
(**) |   |--Monitor IBM 9516-B23 TFT
(**) |   |--Device Matrox Millenium G400 AGP (16MB)
(**) |--Input Device IBM Black Ergonomic Keyboard
(**) XKB: rules: xfree86
(**) XKB: model: pc101
(**) XKB: layout: us
(**) |--Input Device IBM sleek mouse
(**) |--Input Device Generic Mouse
(**) FontPath set to
unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11
/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/font
s/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fon
ts/75dpi
(==) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb
(==) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
(--) using VT number 8

(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) Matrox MGA G400 AGP rev 4, Mem @ 0xfa00/25,
0xfebfc000/14, 0xfe00/23
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
(II) Module pex5: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a
(II) Module xie: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor=The XFree86 Project
 compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor=The 

Re: [newbie]Please help with Matrox G400 and XFree 4.1.0

2001-10-10 Thread Simon Law
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, R. Alexander wrote:

 Dear friends,
 I have desperately searched some appends but really cannot understand if
 they apply to my case.
 
 With XFree 3.x I had a perfect XF86Config for my Matrox G400 driving my 16
 TFT display.
 
 Upgraded to 4.1.10 (on a 2.4.10 kernel) and am not able to get the
 XF86Config-4 to work and I cannot even understand why it fails !!
 
 Behaviour is that after startx for a fraction of a second I see the familiar
 correct gray stippled pattern filling my screen but than after a couple of
 flashes it dies back to the text console.
 
 Below is the startx 2 output and the XF86Config-4 file. Thank you VERY VERY
 VERY much for you help. Bob Alexander
 

My guess is that you don't have a window manager or anything.
This means that X just starts up, notices that it's finished running all
the programs, and quits gracefully.

Check to make sure you have a working /etc/X11/Xsession file.

Yours,
Simon



Re: [newbie]Please help with Matrox G400 and XFree 4.1.0

2001-10-10 Thread Jeffrey W. Baker


On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Simon Law wrote:

 On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, R. Alexander wrote:

  Dear friends,
  I have desperately searched some appends but really cannot understand if
  they apply to my case.
 
  With XFree 3.x I had a perfect XF86Config for my Matrox G400 driving my 16
  TFT display.
 
  Upgraded to 4.1.10 (on a 2.4.10 kernel) and am not able to get the
  XF86Config-4 to work and I cannot even understand why it fails !!
 
  Behaviour is that after startx for a fraction of a second I see the familiar
  correct gray stippled pattern filling my screen but than after a couple of
  flashes it dies back to the text console.
 
  Below is the startx 2 output and the XF86Config-4 file. Thank you VERY VERY
  VERY much for you help. Bob Alexander
 

   My guess is that you don't have a window manager or anything.
 This means that X just starts up, notices that it's finished running all
 the programs, and quits gracefully.

Close.  The problem is that /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99-??? file needs to be
edited to remove the quote marks.

Seriously, isn't this problem big enough to warrant a new release of that
package?  It causes X to NOT START for Pete's sake!

-jwb



Re: [newbie]Please help with Matrox G400 and XFree 4.1.0

2001-10-10 Thread Simon Law
On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, R. Alexander wrote:

 Simon you are a genius !!!
 
 We are getting closer.
 
 I have enlightement window manager installed but maybe the /etc/X11/Xsession
 is not invoking it ...
 
 When I launch xinit (not startx) as a matter of fact I see the X desktop
 with just a window up at left and no window manager.
 
 Unfortunately as soon as I touch the mouse the pointer starts behaving very
 erratically  (gpm is not installed) ...
 
 I tried reading the Xsession file but it is really too cryptical for me
 ... btw it is very different from the
 /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/examples/xsession.gz file !!!
 
 Any help for me ?
 
 Again thank you very much. I'm really stuck !!
 
 Bob
 

Actually, it was just mentioned on the list that there was a
bug in xfree86-common.  Check your /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree86-common_start
file and if there are double-quotes around $realstartup, remove them.

Simon