Is it a PCI or VLB card? CL54 series r known 2b troubling X, maybe u should check ur old X config file for options that were added manually and r not longer in ur new config.
DF Jayanth Kumar schrieb: > Hi, > > I have been able to run the SVGA server ( the one in Xfree86 3.3.6, > that came along with redhat 6.2 ) with 800x600 (16bpp) & 1024x768 > (8bpp) modes on my cirrus logic 5434 with 1 mb vram. > > However after my upgrade to redhat 7.1 and Xfree86 4.0.2, i have'nt been > able to get any 16 bpp modes & 1024x768 modes. my earlier XF6Config > does'nt work any more. i have got back 800x600(8bpp) but that seems to be > the maximum this SVGA server can give, both in terms of color depth & > resolution. > > Here is some information that startx spits out when i asked for 800x600 > (16bpp): > > (II) CIRRUS: driver for Cirrus chipsets: CLGD5430, CLGD5434-4, CLGD5434-8, > CLGD5436, CLGD5446, CLGD5480, CL-GD5462, CL-GD5464, CL-GD5464BD, > CL-GD5465, CL-GD7548 > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device > (--) Chipset CLGD5434-8 found > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/cirrus_alpine.o > (II) Module cirrus_alpine: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.0.1c, module version = 1.0.0 > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a > (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0 > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a > (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0 > > (II) CIRRUS(0): initializing int10 > (II) CIRRUS(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000 > (**) CIRRUS(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16 > (==) CIRRUS(0): RGB weight 565 > (==) CIRRUS(0): Default visual is TrueColor > (**) CIRRUS(0): Using HW cursor > (--) CIRRUS(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000 > (EE) CIRRUS(0): No valid MMIO address in PCI config space > > (EE) CIRRUS(0): I2C initialization failed > (==) CIRRUS(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > (**) CIRRUS(0): VideoRAM: 1024 kByte > (==) CIRRUS(0): Min pixel clock is 12 MHz > (--) CIRRUS(0): Max pixel clock is 50 MHz > (II) CIRRUS(0): Samtron SC-528TXL: Using hsync value of 37.80 kHz > (II) CIRRUS(0): Samtron SC-528TXL: Using vrefresh value of 60.00 Hz > (EE) CIRRUS(0): Virtual size (800x600) (pitch 1024) exceeds video memory > > what does that last message mean ? 800 x 600 x 2 bytes = 960000b for > which my 1 mb vram should be adequate. > > can anyone help me ? i did read somewhere, that when my card is at the > 14mb point in address space, 16bpp is'nt possible -- but it did work on my > old redhat 6.2 -- that is why i think it is some configuration screwup. > > bye, > kjk > > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM d-(--)@ s-:+ a-- C++ UL>+++ P>++ L+>++ E- W++ N- o? K? w--(---) !O M-- V? PS+ PE+++(++) Y+ PGP- t+(++) 5 X+(++) R++(+++) tv--@ b++ DI+++ D+ G(--) e* h(+) r%>* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Nothing fights like the opposition _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
