when running # xf86cfg -nomodules -textmode I see a graphical setup which leads to a step where there are a list of video cars, but the ATI Radeon is not there, even though documentation says it is supported. any ideas what to do? thanks
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 8:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dmitri kerievsky Subject: RE: [Xpert]is ATI Radeon 7000 Video w/ 64MB supported with xfree86 for redhat Linux 7.1 Quoting dmitri kerievsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > when running X -configure or xf8cfg there an error message appears > -Fatal server error > -Module load failure > > any ideas how to proceed? You may have something misconfigured. Try running # xf86cfg -nomodules or even better # xf86cfg -nomodules -textmode so that it will not run X -configure to generate the initial config file. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf > Of Dr Andrew C Aitchison > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Xpert]is ATI Radeon 7000 Video w/ 64MB supported with > xfree86 for redhat Linux 7.1 > > > On Wed, 15 May 2002, dmitri kerievsky wrote: > > > Thanks for responding. > > I have followed the steps - downloaded the 4.2 binaries and run > > sh Xinstall.sh and xf86config. xf86config asks a series of questions > > and at one point lists a database of cards. The ATI Radeon is not > > in the list even though documentation says it is supported. Is this > > IIRC xf86config is obsolete in 4.2, and should have been removed. > > Try configuring with either > X -configure > or > xf86cfg > instead. > > -- > Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna > Paulo _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
