Re: [XFree86] MultiHead support for Intel 855GM
Quoth Pedro Corte-Real: I have a centrino laptop and am trying to use the multihead support of the intel video card to drive an external monitor as a second X screen. Is this possible? I have the same system, but I thought that you needed two graphics cards for dualhead systems? or is this actually possible? I'd love to be able to do that... cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XFREE86 on THE LAST DELL LATITUDE D505
Quoth Christophe Goze-Bac: Dear Christopher I add the memory size but the problem remains shit ! Where to find such information ? From your log file: (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 12288 kB (II) I810(0): BIOS now sees 12288 kB VideoRAM (==) I810(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kByte What is the value you give to 855patch? And what is the value in your XF86Config file. The amount you specify in the XF86Config VideoRam line must be *smaller* than the amount you give to 855patch. The patch reserves the memory. The VideoRam tell the xserver how much to use. If the server tries to use memory that isn't reserved for it, Bad Things(tm) can happen. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XFREE86 on THE LAST DELL LATITUDE D505
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: with RH90 distribution I cannot install the system from graphical environment, only text. You need a VideoRam line in you XF86Config file to tell the driver how much system memory to use. try adding VideoRam8192 to your Device section. I'd also recommend runnin in 16bit colour. There can be problems with the i855 in 24 bit (gets unstable when VT-switching) and there is no hw accceleration in 24bit mode AFAIK. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Status for i855GM and 1400x1050?
Quoth Odd Christer Brovig: What is the status for this chipset and resolution? Will it work native in 4.4.0? I've had no success of getting the mode up and running in both 4.3.0 with 855patch and 4.4.0 rc2(installed from binaries provided by xfree86.org). not unless there has been a *significant* rewrite of the driver, which is unlikely (and there hasn't been any news about it - I assume we'd know). I _do_ recall a while back someone saying that intel had released an 855 Video Bios update, which included this mode (so X couldthen use it), but it relies on your manufacturer incorporating this into a system BIOS update. On dell machines at least, this seems very unlikely :-( I feel you pain - in fact, I'm experiencing it right now :) cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Intel 845-G problems
Quoth Björn Wikström: I've just installed Slackware 9.1 and now I'm having trouble with the X-configuration. I have the Intel 845-G video card and as far as I know the drivers for this card is in the i810-driver package? When I'm running the 'xf86config' I put in all the correct values for my card, mouse and whatever, but still I get the errors saying something about the BIOS and depth is not correct. I'm pretty new to Slack and Linux in general, so if someone could give me an step-by-step HOWTO I would really glad. :) First read and digest: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html My linux-on-laptops page has some info: http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/cthom/laptop/ That should get you pointed in the right direction. Of course, the easiest thing to do is to avoid the whole mess and install X from the 4.4 release candidates, available at www.xfree86.org. The fixes have been incorporated. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Monitor Error
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: But when restart the machine display Cannot Display this mode, and my system was locked What I'm doing wrong? I haven't a clue - you need to send your XF86Config file and log file along with a decription of the problem. Also make sure that the number your use in the 865patch number line is greater than the number you specify in the VideoRam section of your config file. We really need to see your logfile and config to be of more help. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] Monitor Error
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is my log file generated before I use the 865patch, the log generated after I use de Patch a can't copy, because when I use the instruction 865patch 65536, my machine display the message cannot display this mode, the system is locked and I can't do any more. Tell try using a lower amount of memory. You shouldn't need this much. Try 8192 as a start. If it still doesn't work, you could try switching VTs and copying the log file (Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2-F6)). If that doesn't work, just boot to a text-mode after the crash and copy it from the command line. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re[3]: [XFree86] How to choose a driver
Quoth Jean-Luc SAVIO: I upgraded my Xfree to 4.3.0. After a agpgart problem I downloaded from Intel Linux Graphics Release Notes recompile a agpgart kernel module by : rpm --recompile I810Gtt-0.2-4.src.rpm. Infortunatly, I've got the following XFree86.0.log file... I also tried a rpm -Uvh XFCom_i810-1.2-3.i386.rpm downloaded from the same site, but this action needs ld-linux.so.2 libc.so.6 libdl.so.2 libm.so.2. I found this files but I don't know where i have to move them... u.I don't know what a lot of this means...but 1) You do not need anything from intel. In fact, I found that it only messes things up!! 2) get yourself the latest kernel from kernel.org or however your distro does it. I suggest AT LEAST 2.4.21, more preferable 2.4.24 3) compile the new kernel. You MUST include AGP support, i810 support and MTRR among other things. I think there's something else, but I can't remember what it is. 4) make sure agpgart module is ok - use modprobe agpgart I found that trying to use intel stuff actually screws things up!! It's designed for 4.2.1 (no idea why) and generally causes problems. Their agpgart package is just a nightmare - I could never get it to work. So, try getting a recent 2.4 kernel and just use what's in there - it should be enough. HTH chris ps - I don't actually know what any of those rpms are, so I haven't a clue if they're useful. -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
RE: [XFree86] XWindows issue...
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have exactly the same problem, and Thom Christopher give me a solution that I attach in this mail. couldn't have put it better myself :-) Please - when you have a working system, make sure you complain to Dell about this. It is a problem with their buggy BIOS. They have been aware of these problems for quite some time and are *still* shipping systems with this fault! cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] fatal IO error 104 on X server
ps:i didn't load any modules for my integrated graphic card, but i know it's an 8MB Graphic Card, so i wrote 8192 to the corresponding grapic memory size in my XF86Config, and the system looks like having recognized it as a Generic VGA Card. you need to be using the i810 graphics driver, including the i810 kernel module. Beware of BIOS memory problems, which are common with this chipset. The archives will tell you more than you ever needed to know about this. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Question
Quoth Chris Nickerson: I am having a problem with Mandrake 9.1 this is the error that I get Config Error: /etc/x11/xf86config:243 Please can someone help me i'm new with this... not unless you give us more information - we're good, but not *that* good :-) Looks like a problem in your config file. Send your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and /etc/X11/XF8Config files to the list and someone may have a look at them... cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Monitor Error
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When I choice Thousands of colors depth of color, doesn't matter the resolution, the appearance is always like 800 * 600. you have a BIOS graphics memory restriction. Information and a patch can be found here: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html Fixes are included in the 4.4 release candidates, so you could try upgrading. www.xfree86.org for details. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] (no subject)
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: please help me with my problem. Is the problem in SO (linux slackware 9.1) or on XFree ? problem seems to be in your Xfree86 config file. You'd best send it along (with the logfile too) to the list. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re[2]: [XFree86] How to choose a driver
Quoth Jean-Luc SAVIO: My first problem was a Fatal server error : No screens found whith the following XFree86.0.log.(first) As I said in my last message, if you're trying to use an i8xx based graphics chip, you should be running Xfree v4.3.0 or greater. Upgrade your Xfree package and re-try. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] X 4.3 don't start in linux-secure mode
Quoth TOUBLANC, Nicolas: I installed linux mandrake 9.2. In startup, lilo ask to start in linux or linux-secure mode. In linux mode, all works, but in linux-secure, x don't start (a black screen appear). this is to be expected. I don't use mandrake, so don't know exactly what it does, but there are many potential vulnerabilities that security patches like this close off. Unfortunately, these are often features that programmes like XFree86 use. There is always a trade-off of security and useability/flexibility - e.g. loadable kernel modules can create a big problem, but are also incredibly useful. If you *really* need a paranoid security model, you probably should be using OpenBSD... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] why more video memory needed?
Quoth Sandro Weiser: RADEON(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 17325 kB video memory Can somebody please help me to get my DRI back? You have the following in your config file: --- VideoRam16384 #faster when DRI --- 16384 17325 ! have you tried increasing this? cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] How to choose a driver
Quoth Jean-Luc SAVIO: a driver i810_drv.0 does exist in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ but I don't know witch file I have to edit to use it. I tried to vi /etc/X11/XF86config replacing cirrus by i810 but that doesn't match let X do it for you - try xf86config or X -configure to get a basic setup. What graphics hardware do you have? For and i810-bases chipset, use the Driver i810 line and the i810 kernel module. The i810_drv.o module will be loaded by X, which is normal. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Upgrading XFree 86 to 4.3.0
Quoth Danny Holten: Anyway, I do not have root access rights and I was wondering if it is still possible to update XFree and if so, how do I proceed? Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I don't know how redhat deals with user-installed packages, but it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to install this without being root. And given the update instructions require you to upgrade packages to meet dependencies, I don't think it's possible. Since it's a laptop, there are ways around not having the root password, but you probably don't have it for a reason :-) Easiest to get the root passwd from whoever has it or get them to do the upgrade. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] xfree problem
Quoth Hrvoje Vujcec: can You help me or instruct me with the problem with screenshot is in attach? youd haven't configured X properly, because there is no config file. try using xf86config or X -configure... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] xfree problem
Quoth Pedro M.: Can I ask a (newbie) question ?. How do you obtained this screenshot (in Linux ). under X, use xv's screenshot capability cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] A problem to solve!
Quoth Áõ¶¬: Hello XFree86,I am a user in China.Today I try to install Debian Woody on my laptop.While finished install I type startx and there are some problem.It is not turn into the xwindows and show me a number of infomation.I can not solve,so I ask you for help! you're using a fairly old version of X, which is to be expected with debian woody. Try using the 4.2 versions in testing (sarge) or unstable (sid). If that doesn't work, you should then try 4.3.0 which is the current stable version. This is in debian experimental or download the binaries from www.xfree86.org. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] i865
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: does anyone had any problem with an intel 865 chipset on dell onboard videocard. We cannot configure it under red hat 9, and will download xfree 4.3.0. I hope this should work. yes, use 4.3.0 or the 4.4 release candidate. You'll need the i810 kernel module and the i830 module if you want 3d acceleration (this can hang your server under 4.3.0 in some cases though). If you're like the rest of the world and have a broken dell bios, you'll need a programme call 855patch to diddle the bios memory and give you usable modes. look here http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html You do NOT need the intel drivers cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Problem with intel i810 card.
Quoth emmanuel: I have a strange problem with my i810 card. When I start X, I either get a blank screen, or colored vertical lines. The computer locks up (can't switch consoles, reboot, etc). But then when I restart the computer (cold boot), X works just fine. Then upon the next boot, the problem occurs again. And the cycle just continues. The only way I was able to get an appropriate log of the problem is rebooting into INIT level 1 (boot) so that X doesn't start. I can't seem to copy-paste the log into my email so I've attached it. Any ideas? try disabling the i830 module as a workaround. there was an issue with this module in 4.3.0 a while ago. search the archives for details. As a possible fix, you could upgrade to 4.4, since the problem was fixed in CVS a while back. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XServer dies from time to time
Quoth Ivan O. Volzhev: I have XFree86 server version 4.3.0 and integrated in I865G graphic card. My server dying from time to time with message lockup. Log and config file attached. Thank you for your attention Good luck, Ivan O. Volzhev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] search the archives - there was a lot of traffic about this problem a few months back. I think it was fixed in cvs, so you shuold try one of the 4.4 release candidates and see if that fixes the problem. A work-around is to disable the i830 module (just don't load it), but this means giving up 3d acceleration. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] 2D corruption in text with nv/GeForce 4 and XFree86 4.2.1.1
Quoth Petter Sundlöf: Right. You don't happen to know a Debian unstable repository for snapshots of this? I'm hesitant to compile something so large from source on this old K7 600, with only 200-300MB free space. I don't think such a thing exists. apt-get.org has a bunch of site which have 4.3.0 packages for debian, and I think a 4.3.0 version has _just_ made it from experimental to unstable - I know it's been in experimental for a while. true to form, debian lags a fair way behind, but it's certainly rock solid :) cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] probs
Quoth Cyrill Baumann: I've a problem with xfree86... i can't start it. It's the first time i install it, so the problem can be very easy. Can u help me? you're using an old version of X (which isn't the problem) and you haven't even configured it yet (which is the problem). cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: Antwort: Re: [XFree86] probs
Quoth Cyrill Baumann: yes i've seen it and configure it. now a have an other problem with the monitor. can you also help me here? It looks like you're using an ATI card - which driver are you using? the ati driver? you'd need to post your /etc/X11/XFree86.0.log file if you want more help. One thing to check though is that the card is supported!! I don't know about this, because I don't have any ati gear. I would *highly* recommend you upgrade to XFree86 4.3! 4.2 is quite old and 4.4 be even be out soon. Try 4.3 and see how that goes... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] kvm switch causing mouse problems
Quoth praveen: egbert, how can i use this auto protocol. i am somewhat unfamiliar with what you are talking about but if it requires me to get/build/install some source, i can try that. use Protocol auto in your mouse sectino. For example, this is my mouse on my laptop Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/mouse EndSection cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] server keeps restarting.
Quoth Swapnil Bhatia: Xfree86 log: --- Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' since you didn't give us your log file, I wouldn't bet my life on it, but this is almost always a problem with xfs (as the previous response pointed out). start xfs or get rid of the unix/:7100 line from your config file. and read the archives for a million responses to the same question (might have more detail). cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] X-problems...
Quoth Eric Aldrich: What did you do to solve the problem? If you could spell out the directions for fixing this problem, that would be super (I'm practically Linux illiterate). either start xfs (the x font server) before you start X, or remove the unix/:7100 line from your XF86Config file. Check the archives for a bazillion answers to this exact problem. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Problems using a Dell SX270 with Intel i865G graphic
Quoth Jay R. Ashworth: I believe the current received wisdom is sue Dell. You have, AFAICT, the dreaded Stupid Intel BIOS Bug, which limits the memory to 1MB no matter what you tell it. To be fair, it's probably more like the Stupid DELL + a few other manufacturers BIOS bug. It's up to the manufacturer to produce a (working) BIOS for the memory stuff. Intel could be a little stronger in their requirements though :-/ Come to think of it, perhaps I was mistaken in telling the other guy silly enough to be playing with X on New Year's Day that it was mostlya laptop problem. It could just be that more laptops than desktops use these chips. I know my problem as with my laptop. Check the mailing list archives for the last month or month and a half, at www.xfree86.org; there's more technical detail there than you really want to know about. Take Dramamine first. You should also read this: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html and this: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html Patches have been ioncorporated into CVS, so you could also try the 4.4 release candidate for a fix. It shouldn't be too hard a porblem to solve... xheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] X-problems...
Quoth Andrey Nevolin : Tomorrow after rebooting i couldn't start X-server... See attachment... make sure you have xfs started. Or equally as good, don't bother with xfs and comment out the Fontpath unix/:7100 line in you XF86Config file. For this to work, you'll need other paths in the FontPath specified. On a side note - this seems to be an incredibly common situation. My computer crashed/rebooted and now X doesn't work. Anyone else have a clue why? why would xfs all of a sudden stop running? was there some distro update that didn't update the config files or something? cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] black screen on startup
Quoth Ben Phillips: Does the X server (DRI or otherwise) need a certain amount of graphics memory available in order to initialize its modes before it loads the i810 driver? Because if it were limited to 1 MB at that stage, then that would at least explain why I was stuck in 640x480. exactly. Despite the videoram line, unless the BIOS actually allocates the memory to graphics, it doesn't have an effect. You can count yourself amongst the lucky few with the i8xx chipset and a BIOS that lets you allocate a reasonable amount of memory, as per intel requirement. If there's not enough memory, the best you can get is [EMAIL PROTECTED], which is not a lot of fun. There is a hack around that lets you allocate any amount of memory - just hacks around the BIOS - which is in the Xfree86 source, so hopefully these problems will start to go away... What do you guys think? Did I answer my own question? :) yup :-) cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Howto? ATI Radeon on Sarge (fwd)
Quoth hanasaki: Sarge has XFree4.2x and the xfree86.org web site documents no radeon support until XFree4.3x. try www.apt-get.org. There are plenty of download sites there for Xfree4.3 packages - just add one to /etc/apt/sources.list. Or you could just install from binary packages and make a dummy xfree86 package so apt doesn't get confused. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] fonts
Quoth Alen Fazlic: I am running debian 3.0, and the font size on all programs is very big? How do i change this ? The resolution is 100X100 dots per inch. I am using windowmaker. this is a good resource: http://feenix.burgiss.net/ldp/fdu/ worked for me to make mine bigger, so I assume you could do the reverse... cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: Possible Petition - RE: [XFree86] Can't start X with I830M chipset, 8MB preallocated video RAM
Quoth Stephen King: Why don't we start harassing Dell and Gateway since this is a known problem with the BIOS. If we start with a standard petition email that clearly states what is wrong and what needs to be done to fix it that might work. A little bad press by sending this petition to other groups and areas letting other open source users know that X will not work on these laptops and to avoid buying them. Don't know about gateway, but I've already done the rounds with dell tech support a couple of times. They'll use their standard We don't support linux response and tell you to install windows before they can help. Intel has done exactly the same thing with their centrino wireless drivers, even though they've been known to be working in-house since march. I'll sign whatever petition you like, but I won't delude myself into thinking it'll make a difference. Linux users aren't a big enough marketyet! cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XKeeps Crashing!,
Quoth Panther Wyvern: I don't know why this is beyond the fonts not being installed and haven't heard of similar instances. If the fonts are not installed, a good question might be how are you installing your distribution? If it's by the retail CDs, then it sounds like RH9's installation is messing up, which seems strange. If you can get RH9 installed and running without X, you might want to see if you can find the rpm containing the necessary fonts and install it from the command line. *sigh* This is about the most Frequently Asked Question on the list. A quick look at the archives provides: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xfree86m=106865919913597w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xfree86m=106401155205392w=2 Or the FAQ: http://xfree86.linuxwiki.org/FAQErrorMessages#head-66113454d1ddc398ffb1e7bce3fb588e7d5dff4d cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] widescreen support under RedHat9
Quoth William Gallafent: (Or have I missed something earlier in this discussion that prevents this from working?) yup. The driver uses the video bios to programme video modes. If a mode is not listed in the BIOS you are, as they say, shit outta luck :-( the modes listed in my 855GM are 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1024x600, 1600x1200 and 1920x1440. Since I have a hi-res 1400x1050 mode, I'm also screwed. This is the fault of you're system manufacturer (in my case DELL). You need to hassle them for a BIOS upgrade. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] widescreen support under RedHat9
Quoth Coryn Bailer-Jones: But my 1280x800 display works fine under Windows (i.e. not stretched) so the video card must support this (widescreen) mode. I guess the problem is that the Linux driver is not providing support for this mode (or rather, it doesn't obviously support this mode - maybe there is a patch or a fix somewhere?). NO! On the i8xx chipsets, the ONLY modes that are supported by XFree86 are those listed in the video bios. If it's not there, it cannot be done unless someone completely re-writes the driver (a thing which is impossible without knowing the technical details of the hardware). Now this is not to say that the hardware cannot do a 1280x800 mode - but the windows drivers work differently. who knows how they work? Intel and Microsoft certainly aren't sharing. The only way to get what you want using the current Xfree86 design is an update to the video bios listing the 1280x800 mode. This is ONLY available from your hardware manufacturer. hassle them. There is no patch or fix or anything. There's just not enough public information. This is all something that has been said before! See here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg11270.html :-) cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Re: I852/855G and widescreen support.
Quoth Thomas Winischhofer: Some people's ignorance towards already and often and repeatedly given information (AKA the Can't open font 'fixed'-phenomenon) can be a little annoying sometimes. Perhaps a list FAQ can be set up then? I've lurked long enough to know the answers to these generic questions and it was the first thing I went looking for when I had the intel 855 memory problems on my laptop I'd be willing to start and/or host this, but I'm still not very knowledgable on the whole Xfree86 thing beyond what I need to know. cheers chrie -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] cannot upgrade XFree82 from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1
it's possible that the XFree86 version and the module version are incompatible, hence the unresolved symbols. I'd recommend 4.3.0 for your graphics card. use a recent 2.4 kernel (e.g =2.4.21) with the i810, i830 and agpgart kernel modules. if you use 4.3.0, ditch the intel drivers. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] server not starting
Quoth alok bansal: Could not init font path element Unix/:7100, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' make sure xfs (the font server) is started before you try to start X. This can usually be accompanied by making sure /etc/init.d/xfs start is called before xdm. on a debian system, you just make sure there is a link from /etc/rc5.d/S90xfs to /etc/init.d/xfs. Dunno how redhat does it though... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] xserver could not start
Quoth Rakesh Raghunathan: I have installed the Redhat Linux version 9.0 hardly two weeks ago. My problem is that now I could not start my XServer. For that reason I could not get into the GUI. As I am not comfortable with the text mode, I request you to suggest a solution to the problem. The error log is attached herewith. Waiting for your reply (EE) Failed to load module bitmap (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module pcidata (module does not exist, 0) These two lines tell you that the required modules have been deleted somehow. They should be in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a and /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a Probably the easiest fix is re-install X. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] can't start original Red Hat GUI after Xfree86 installation
Quoth Pete Maley: I just installed Xfree86 version 4.3.0. In order to do this I had to disable X in the /etc/inittab file and enable the command line login. The installation went smoothly. However, now that it is installed I cannot get back to using the original desktop that I was using before installation. I changed the /etc/inittab file back so that it starts an X session, and I do get an X session when I login, but it isn't the same as what I had before. I am using Red Hat 9. Any help would be appreciated. different GUI? sounds like you're just getting a different window manager. Are you using xdm/kdm or something? You can use your .xsession to control which WM xdm launches, or just choose it from the menu in kdm. You're rather vague about the problem though... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] remove and re-install completally X
Quoth gustavo: Is any way to remove X and all the thinks related to it (Is not inoff with remove xserver-commomn package) and reinstall the without reinstall linux (debian for my) ?? xserver-common is just all the files that are common to the different xserver packages and programmes. What you really are after is the x-windows-system package. This is just a meta-package, which should give everything you want for an X system. Details here: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/x11/x-window-system-core.html Note that this is *still* XFree86 V4.2.1 (debian can be quite slow) cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] server crash
Quoth Sherman, Yuval: I've installed a RedHat 9.0. I've encountered problems with the Xserver. About every 15 minutes it crashes. Attached is the log file (in a unix format...) . Any idea of what the problem might be? This is problem that should be solved in the latest CVS source. You can download and compile that. A quick workaround is to simply disable direct-render by e.g. just not loading the i830 kernel module. There was an extensive thread on this a month or two ago - check the archives for details. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] X Server Error
Looks like some of your modules have been toasted. The log says: (II) LoadModule: bitmap (WW) Warning, couldn't open module bitmap (II) UnloadModule: bitmap (EE) Failed to load module bitmap (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: pcidata (WW) Warning, couldn't open module pcidata (II) UnloadModule: pcidata (EE) Failed to load module pcidata (module does not exist, 0) Are those files still there? Have a look for /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a Might need a re-install (of X, not linux) if they're gone. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] restart x
Quoth Jeff: I need help installing a Nvidia Driver for my Geforce 4 ti 4200. it tells me to restart x and I dont know how to restart X can you please help me. any help would be much appreciated. CTRL+ALT+backspace will kill the X server - it should restart itself automagically. You can also do, depending on your distro, something like /etc/init.d/xdm stop and then /etc/init.d/xdm start (as root on a console). a simple reboot will also have the desired effect, but isn't really necessary. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] mouse not working in XFree86
Quoth Jorge Castro: I would like both the laptop in-built mouse and the USB mouse to work at the same time. Can any one give me a hint as to what I should have in my XFree86Config file to achieve that? my dell laptop works fine like this. I use: Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceUSB Mouse SendCoreEvents InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection #This one is the touch-pad. /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/psaux Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/mouse EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier USB Mouse Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 #This line enables the wheel EndSection cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Fatal server with Intel i830 in suse 8.2
Quoth Emilio Jose Paich Cucis: Hell I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 and i want inswtall Suse Linux 8.2 There's a i830M chipset that should work fine with XFree86 4.2.0, but the server doesn't start. The pcidata module says it's been compiled for XFree86 4.2.0, but you're running 4.3.0. This will probably cause problems. Have you been switching between the two versions? Try replacing this module with the 4.3.0 version. XFree86 Version 4.3.0 snip (II) Module pcidata: vendor=The XFree86 Project compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0 cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] nvidia config problems
Quoth Mark Wright: Attached please find my log file containing errors from recent attempts at installing nvidia geforce rpm files. Please let me know where my problem is! XFree86 Version 4.0.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 16 March 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) Your version of XFree86 is 2 1/2 years old! Try upgrading to the latest version (4.3.0). Note also that you are using a 2.2 series kernel (Operating System: Linux 2.2.17-8smp i686 [ELF]) which is positively ancient! I'd suggest you upgrade that in the process too. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] i830 video ram problems
Quoth Kipp Cannon: This is a request for help with an i830 video interface in a Gateway laptop (Solo 1450). Everything had been working happily in this system until I upgraded my BIOS. This laptop has some power management difficiencies I hoped would be addressed in the BIOS update. Anyway... the BIOS update has changed the laptop's video BIOS somehow so that it now thinks there's only 1MB of video ram installed when infact there's yep, this is a common problem with systems using intel's integrated graphics - most commonly laptops. My dell laptop has this exact same problem. It IS a BIOS problem. The bios is only pre-allocating 1MB of system memory at bootup, instead of 8 (as you want). (II) I810(0): detected 892 kB stolen memory. (II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 206844 kB available (**) I810(0): DRI is disabled because it runs only at depths 16 and 24. (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 8128 kB VideoRAM (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. This tells you that it's a BIOS problem. The i810/i830 driver is attempting to tell the BIOS is got more memory. This is required since the driver uses the BIOS to programme the video modes. There is a patch here: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html but unfortunately, it's Dell-specific. You may be able to modify it to your needs. This patch has been included in the XFree86 source, but I don't know whether it's been generalised to all hardware (or is still dell specific). There more info here: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html It doesn't solve your problem immediately, but it's a known problem with this hardware. Probably your best bet is really to get the old BIOS from gateway - maybe dig on their ftp site? sometimes they leave old versions lying about cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Help me
Quoth Andrej: I have COMPAQ Presario 915US Laptop and I have some difficulties with installation X window system. I m new to this OS. Please help me with your experience. My video card is ATI U1/A3 Accelerated Graphics , display is Mobility U1 and my Sound card is SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio. Which installation parameters do I choose for this configuration. You haven't given us much to go on. Which distro are you installing? If you're new to linux, most people elect to try redhat. Are you using the latest redhat version (I think it's 9.1 or something like that)? Are you using the latest XFree86 (4.3.0)? You need to be more specific about your hardware and ask specific questions (specific as in, solving specific problems, but also XFree86 specific). cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[Fonts] dumb fonts question
Hi all, I'm running standard xfree86 4.3.0 on debian, installed from binary packages and for a lot of programs, I'm getting font struct errors of the type: --- Warning: Cannot convert string -*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1 to type FontStruct --- Is there something I haven't set correctly in my XFree96 config file? I've attached it. It's auto-generated using the -configure option. Seems like an FAQ, but I can't find a simple answer... I can find references on google to this problem, but not answers :-( Could this be a debian specific thing? cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | -Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceUSB Mouse SendCoreEvents InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util/ EndSection Section Module Load extmod Load glx Load dri Load dbe Load record Load xtrap Load speedo Load type1 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/mouse EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier USB Mouse Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 #This line enables the wheel EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Dell TFT LCD ModelNameDell 1400x1050 Laptop LCD HorizSync31.5-90.0 VertRefresh 59.0-75.0 DisplaySize 286 214 ModeLine 1400x1050 0.00 1400000 1050000 EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option NoAccel False # [bool] #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option ColorKey # i #Option CacheLines# i #Option Dac6Bit # [bool] Option DRI True # [bool] #Option NoDDC # [bool] #Option ShowCache # [bool] #Option XvMCSurfaces # i Identifier Card0 Driver i810 VendorName Intel Corp. BoardName 852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Chipset Graphics Controller BusID PCI:0:2:0 VideoRam61440 #60MB for graphics Option AGPMode 1 EndSection #Section Modes # Identifier Modes[0] # Modeline1400x1050 #EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 16 # SubSection Display # Depth 1 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 4 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 8 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 15 # EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1400x1050 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1400x1050 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection EndSection Section
Re: [XFree86] display problem in slackware linux mandrake linux 9.0
Quoth tukaram raghmod: i had successfully installed slackware linux 9.0 on my system .after completing the installation process when system reboots then it asks for login and password after entering it comes to dollar prompt there i say startx then it is giving error that is (EE) screen found but none have usable configuration. i had also tried the XF86Config command to change the monitor setting but it is not working .same problem also occured in mandrake linux 9.0 (dolphin) also. please help me to install the linux on system. is it my monitor's problem? please send your /var/log/XFree86.0.log and XF86Config files. there are a few standard problems with the intel i845 chipset, which it sounds like you're using. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Don't understand where the error is
Your version of Xfree86 is very old - a common situation with debian stable. Have you considered upgrading to a more recent version? I've had success with XFree86 4.3.0 on my debian laptop. Might help with your problem. cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] dumbs fonts question
Hi all, I'm running standard xfree86 4.3.0 installed from binary packages and for a lot of programs, I'm getting font struct errors of the type: --- Warning: Cannot convert string -*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal--*-140-*-*-P-*-ISO8859-1 to type FontStruct --- Is there something I haven't set correctly in my XFree96 config file? I've attached it. It's auto-generated using the -configure option. Seems like an FAQ, but I can't find a simple answer... cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | -Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceUSB Mouse SendCoreEvents InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util/ EndSection Section Module Load extmod Load glx Load dri Load dbe Load record Load xtrap Load speedo Load type1 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/mouse EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier USB Mouse Driver mouse Option Protocol IMPS/2 Option Device /dev/input/mice Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 #This line enables the wheel EndSection Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 VendorName Dell TFT LCD ModelNameDell 1400x1050 Laptop LCD HorizSync31.5-90.0 VertRefresh 59.0-75.0 DisplaySize 286 214 ModeLine 1400x1050 0.00 1400000 1050000 EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option NoAccel False # [bool] #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option ColorKey # i #Option CacheLines# i #Option Dac6Bit # [bool] Option DRI True # [bool] #Option NoDDC # [bool] #Option ShowCache # [bool] #Option XvMCSurfaces # i Identifier Card0 Driver i810 VendorName Intel Corp. BoardName 852GM/852GME/855GM/855GME Chipset Graphics Controller BusID PCI:0:2:0 VideoRam61440 #60MB for graphics Option AGPMode 1 EndSection #Section Modes # Identifier Modes[0] # Modeline1400x1050 #EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth 16 # SubSection Display # Depth 1 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 4 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 8 # EndSubSection # SubSection Display # Depth 15 # EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 Modes 1400x1050 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1400x1050 1280x1024 1024x768 800x600 EndSubSection EndSection Section DRI Mode 0666 EndSection
Re: [XFree86] Intel845 and X window
without seeing your log file, I'd guess it's the common intel i8xx bug. Dell are dragging their heels - it's their BIOS which causes the problem. HASSLE YOUR DELL TECH SUPPORT! Essentially, the BIOS only pre-allocates 892KB of video mem at boot time. the i810 module use the BIOS to programme it's video modes, and since you haven't got enough memory, you can't get a decent res. Intel has released a fix for this, but dell needs to implement it in their BIOS flash updates. There is a patch to get things working here http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XServer not working
Quoth James Muo: I bought and installed a red hat linux 9.0 on an intel P4 2.4GHZ processor Dell Dimension 2400 series. Memory - 128MB Shared 333MHZ DDR SDRAM and Graphics - Intel Extreme Graphics (Graphics Chipset - I think is Intel 845GL) (II) I810(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 95228 kB available (II) I810(0): Will attempt to tell the BIOS that there is 12288 kB VideoRAM (WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported. That looks like your problem. Welcome to the wonderful world of shithouse DELL Bioses. The problem is that dell's BIOS only pre-allocates 832 kByte for video memory at boot time. When the i810 driver tries to update this to use the 12MB you specified in you XFree86 config file, the BIOS won't let it. So your X server only has 892KB of memory, which isn't enough to allow it to programme video modes higher that 640x480x8bpp. This is a pretty standard problem for DELL desktops and laptops using the intel graphics and is the fault of DELL. Intel has released a VideoBIOS update to fix this problem. DELL has not implemented it in it's BIOS updates. Hassle dell tech support to fix it!! As a workaround, there is a patch for the 845 and 855 chipsets that screws with the bios and overwrites this number with one you specify. Kudos to christian zietz for this: http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html It MAY work for you. It may not. I've used it sucessfully to get my 855GM-based laptop working. Try the patch, and use the vanilla 4.3.0 Xserver with kernel modules i810 and i830 (for 3d hardware acceleration). And finally - the dell community message boards are a good source on info, esp the software - linux boards. http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums cheers chris -- - | | | TELESCOPE, n.| | A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the | | telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us with a | | multitude of needless details. Luckily it is unprovided with a bell | | summoning us to the sacrifice. | | -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary | | | - ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
