Re: [XFree86] Red Hat Linux installation error
The XF86Config file that got generated was probably for version 3 of X and you're running version 4 from startx...or something like that. I'm not clear on how rh7.3 chooses between them. Redhat puts the X config at the end of the setup though, so the rest of your install is probably ok - you just need to configure X properly after the install. Problem though - the 845G card doesn't seem to work well until the December 9th, 2002 version of X 4.2. Until then, it had periodic lock-ups when running dri (at least for me). If you don't want dri (3d accel), then you may be able to get by with just installing the 82845G driver from Intel (available from their website). You'll need to have the kernel-source package installed (or is it kernel-headers? i forget) and need to update the kernel beyond the stock rh7.3 kernel. They have packages for 2.4.9-31 available from their updates.redhat.com ftp site. And you'll still need to make a valid config file. Try running X -configure - if that doesn't work, I can send you a config that works for me, but my monitor and screens will be different. -- Trever Hamelinck, Karen wrote: Ladies/Gentlemen: I am trying to load Red Hat Linux 7.3 Pro on an IBM 831027U with an Intel 82845G Video Card and an IBM E74 Monitor. When I get to the part where I have to click on the Test Setting button for the resolution, the screen goes blank. When I reboot, I can log in at the localhost login, and when I issue startx I get 'Fatal Server Error: no screens found' and this e-mail address to send the following file: XFREE86.0 Thanks, Karen Hamelinck Technical Services Manager Standard Corporation, A UTi Worldwide Company 1501 Main Street, Suite 400 Columbia, SC 29201 803.540.3706 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Trouble running Xserver
You should probably post your config file. Leshka K wrote: Parse error on line 9 of section ServerLayout in file /etc/X11/XF86Config is not a valid keyword in this section. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] sample radeon7500 dual-head config?
I've stared at the radeon manual page from 4.2.99.902 for quite a while now and tried a few things, but I don't think I'm getting the config quite right to tell X that I want to use both ports of my dvi/vga radeon7500 in xinerama mode. Anyone have a working config file you could share? I'm not sure where to start. Cloning, which the radeon man page mentions, doesn't sound like what I want - I don't want identical output on two displays, but rather two displays treated as separate screens and combined using Xinerama. How are the screen and device sections supposed to be set up? Do I need two separate device sections? Two separate screen sections? If I need two device sections, how are they to differ? (I already tried just repeating the device section with different ID's, but it warns me that the busid is repeated and only uses one monitor.) Help? -- Trever ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] XFree86 4.3.0 and Intel845g, RedHat 8.0
As Cynthia said, the X install worked - it overwrites the xinitrc that redhat supplies. That file is the one that starts Gnome or KDE. Instead, you're now getting twm, an old window manager. Personally I'm working on a redhat 7.3 system, so my re-integrated script may not work for you on 8.0 (in fact it may crash your system, wreck your car, and sleep with your wife, for all I know - NO GUARANTEES!!!), but I've attached it. I'm not very experienced with X configuration - this script may be bad. Comments are welcome (especially since my workstation can use all the help it can get :-) ). All I did was try to merge the script that redhat provides with the script that X provides, giving precendence to redhat settings, with the goal of being able to type startx and get back to kde/gnome. Works for me. YMMV. HTH. :-) Back up your current /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file and drop the attached file into its place. Then do one of the following: echo KDE /etc/sysconfig/desktop or echo GNOME /etc/sysconfig/desktop ...depending on which desktop you want to run. Your dri question is a separate problem - you seem to need an updated drm kernel module. It's only preventing you from using dri 3d acceleration though, not causing gnome/kde to disappear. -- Trever David J Phillips wrote: Some more information. Here's the error message from startx: (EE) I810(0): [dri] I830DRIScreenInitFailed because of a version mismatch. [dri] i830.o kernal module version 1.2.0 but version 1.3 or greater is needed. I've also attached the /var/log/XFree86.0.log file. thanks again, David On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, David J Phillips wrote: I'm having similar problems as Alessandra, with a very similar situation. RH 8, Intel 845g, have installed XFree86 4.3, and get the three windows plus clock when I run startx. When I run startkde, I get errors that seem to indicate that my $DISPLAY is not set...when I run XFree86, I just get a grey screen with the black X for the mouse pointerdoes anyone have any ideas of what to try next? Have I provided enough info? Thanks On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Cynthia Grossen wrote: You X install worked but some of your config files probably got overwritten try 'startkde' and see what happens. (instead of startx) otherwise you may be able to start kde/gnome from inside your X session; but I don't know the commands off-hand. -Original Message- From: Alessandra Rocco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 8:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [XFree86] XFree86 4.3.0 and Intel845g Hi, I have problem with redhat8.0 installation. If I try to install it with the text mode (graphic mode does not work, becouse of the not supported I845G chip card), and use vesa generic as graphic card I'm able to start the Xwindow but with a very poor resolution. And only if I log as root (what I would not do until no other works), even if I created a further account and it exists. I downloaded the XFree86 4.3.0 and followed the instruction. I answer yes to all the questions (as suggested). And then something strange happens: if I type startx I do not get a blank screen (at least :o)), but a gray screen, three terminal windows, one clock and nothing else! It seems that the kde (or gnome) is not there any more... I really hope that someone can help me. Alessandra ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-24.8.0smp i686 [ELF] Build Date: 06 March 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: Wed Mar 12 20:22:50 2003 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config (==) ServerLayout XFree86 Configured (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Card0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) FontPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ (**) RgbPath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb (**) ModulePath set to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6 XFree86
Re: [XFree86] Out of Luck (tm) with ATI dual monitor ??
Well, my replying to you definitely qualifies as the blind leading the blind, but perhaps you should use the radeon driver for your radeon7500 as well. I'm currently typing this message on an X display powered by a radeon7500 (64MB, PCI) using the radeon driver on X4.2.99.902 (aka 4.3.0 rc2). In other words, in your device section, change this line: Driver ati To this: Driver radeon Please do let me know if it works - I'm especially interested because I'm having a problem getting dual-head going as well, but my symptoms are quite different. Also, I'm curious - why not just use the dvi output of the radeon7500 (assuming yours has one)? Mine came with a dvi out and a vga out, but I had to order the adaptor from ATI to convert the dvi to vga ($5+shipping). I'm still waiting on it, so I can't vouch for how well it works, but I'm hoping to get triple-head working by using the two outputs of the radeon and the one output of the onboard graphics chipset (i810). Philippe Moutarlier wrote: Sorry to re-repost this but I never got any hints there. Could someone just tell me if this is just impossible ? What I would like to understand is what is going on : why 2 separately perfectly configured cards would not want to work together in multiple monitor layout. Otherwise, could someone tell me what type of card should I use to make sure I can use dual monitor with Xfree 4.3 . Thanks ! Subject: [XFree86] problem with ATI dual monitor From: Philippe Moutarlier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 10:02:26 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am forwarding this post I made on the xfree86 list for redhat as suggested by its members ... I tried all I could think of .. - used the CVS head of the Xfree86 as of a couple weeks ago - tried the GATOS driver + DRM kernel module It's still failing pretty much the same : the second screen (screen 1) gets deleted when I try to use 2 screens. Each of them works perfectly independantly, which I can check by just removing/adding them alternatively to the Layout. Is dual monitor supported for ATI ? Thanks Philippe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of root Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: could use some help with dual monitor ... I am running RH 8.0, Xfree 4.2.0 from distro and 2 ATI cards : - ATI radeon 8500 DV AGP - ATI Radeon 7500 PCI Both cards are recognized and work fine independantly. I setup my XFree986Config to use both at the same time by defining the following layout (actual files are included below). Section ServerLayout Identifier Multi Configured Screen 0Screen0 Screen 1Screen1 RightOf Screen0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection I checked that each card is working by commenting out the Screen 1 line and switching the Screen 0 line between Screen0 and Screen1. Everytime I add the Screen 1 line, I get the following error in XFree86.0.log (details below) (II) Loading sub module radeon (II) LoadModule: radeon (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.o (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section. (II) UnloadModule: ati (II) UnloadModule: radeon and, sure enough, only 1 monitor is running :-( Any idea about what I am doing wrong here ??? Thanks ! Philippe # File generated by anaconda. # Section Files # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like .txt or .db). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath unix/:7100 EndSection Section Module Load dbe Load extmod # Load fbdevhw # Load dri # Load glx # Load record Load freetype Load type1 EndSection Section InputDevice # Option AutoRepeat 500 5 # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Option ProtocolXqueue # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option Xleds 1 2 3 # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option XkbDisable # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option XkbModelpc102 # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option XkbModelmicrosoft # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german
[XFree86] Please teach me... radeon + i810 = shmat error?
I'm going to summarize first with quick questions since these may be
easy for someone:
1. Is it possible / normal for an agp card to show up in the output of
lspci?
2. Anyone have any idea why I can run either my embedded i845G or my pci
radeon7500 alone just by switching my ServerLayout section (X -layout
{i810 | radeon | both}, but not both at the same time?
I've attached a bunch of stuff - the output of lspci -v, my XF86Config,
and the log files created when I try to run just the i810 (works), just
the radeon (works), and both (doesn't work).
The error I get when I run both at once is:
(II) Loading sub module int10
(II) LoadModule: int10
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) RADEON(1): initializing int10
(EE) RADEON(1): Cannot shmat() high memory
...followed by a sig11 and X crash.
Any idea what I'm doing wrong? ...or where to start looking? I'm
planning to move to 4.3.0 (currently on rc2) in a few moments, just as
soon as I muster the courage. :-(
Help?
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Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor
I wish I could help - maybe then I could help myself. I have a system with similar symptoms. I've even explicitely set the hsync and vsync - ie I put in only one value for each, not a range - and it doesn't seem to help. On the other hand, xvidtune claims it's not actually running at exactly the freqs I entered still, so I guess it could still be a sync rate problem. The same monitor works great when being driven by windows. In my case I'm using different systems for linux and windows, so it could be a video card thing, but the card worked fine before I switched the system to linux. The effect I have is one where there's almost a shadow image overlaid on the real image - you can't really see it unless you look at an edge where the intensity of the picture changes - for example, the transition from a light desktop background to a dark xterm window. About 3 millimeters from the edge, you see a phantom edge where everything is a little lighter. It's sort of like someone took a screenshot in the gimp, duplicated the original layer, then moved the new layer a few pixels to the right overlaid it on the using one of the methods that only affects signal intensity. FWIW, I've had the same problem several times in the past and have always wanted to discover the fix, but so far no luck... -- Trever D. Rick Anderson wrote: Man I wish it was something as simple as anti-aliasing. I tried my little 15 Sony on here, and it looks nice and sharp. I just don't really want to work on that 15 all day. What's getting my goat is if I boot into windows 2000 it looks great! It's only in linux that it looks like this, which is what led me to think that it had to be a refresh problem or something. I know that Shamrock made really cheap monitors, but I really don't have the money to fork out for another 19, and besides, if it's working in Microshaft Windblows then there must be a way to get it to work in X. I ran ddcprobe and the values I got were: H: 30 - 95 V: 47 - 130 so that's what I set it to in the configuration, but it didn't change anything. Thanks for your reply, I'll keep tinkering. Rick On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 11:13, Mark Vojkovich wrote: On 10 Mar 2003, D. Rick Anderson wrote: I'm having a strange problem with my monitor. In linux (RH 8.0) it is just 'slightly' blurry. Not so blurry as to make it impossible to read, but blurry enough that if I code here for more than 20 minutes or so, my head is pounding from eye strain. If I boot up into windblows 2000 it's nice and crisp using the same resolution (1024 x 768). Any ideas how to fix this? I've tried all kinds of refresh rates to no avail. I even tried 800 x 600 (eeek), but it was blurry there as well. Here's my config: RedHat 8.0 (haven't upgraded anything until I figure this out so it's all distro defaults) GeForce 2 MX 400 (Also tried a PCI ATI Xpert 128 with same result) Shamrock C903P5 19 monitor. it HAS to be something in the monitor settings. I tried this before with RedHat 7.2 and 7.3 on a machine with an Intel 810 (I think), but ended up going back to 2000. Well I've decided that I'm NEVER using another MS product, so I have to figure this out now. Any ideas or insight would be greatly appreciated. Assuming by blurry you aren't saying that the fonts are anti- aliased. Some people consider that a feature. It really just sounds like a bad monitor or cable. Are you sure the refresh rate isn't too high? At the same resolution higher refresh rates will look fuzzier. Mark. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] Blurry Monitor
Mark Vojkovich wrote: On 10 Mar 2003, D. Rick Anderson wrote: Man I wish it was something as simple as anti-aliasing. I tried my little 15 Sony on here, and it looks nice and sharp. I just don't really want to work on that 15 all day. What's getting my goat is if I boot into windows 2000 it looks great! It's only in linux that it looks like this, which is what led me to think that it had to be a refresh problem or something. I know that Shamrock made really cheap monitors, but I really don't have the money to fork out for another 19, and besides, if it's working in Microshaft Windblows then there must be a way to get it to work in X. I ran ddcprobe and the values I got were: H: 30 - 95 V: 47 - 130 so that's what I set it to in the configuration, but it didn't change anything. The monitor says it can do 130, but that doesn't mean it looks any good at 130. XFree86 has modelines going up to about 100 if I recall correctly so that's probably what you're getting now. Set the VertRefresh to max out at 75 or so. Mark. Ok, but how do you force a specific, exact refresh rate? My monitor's manual lists the exact dot-clock and frequency for each resolution, but even if I specify only one value for hsync and vsync in XF86Config, the values xvidtune reports are at least a little off (ie 76.8 instead of 75). -- Trever ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
