Re: X hates me after hardware upgrade
On Tue, Jun 30, 1998 at 10:25:16AM -0500, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
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> > Clue required, please. I've never had XF86 give me an error like this one.
> >
> > I just completed transferring my existing hardware to a new case/motherboard.
> > If it matters, I went from a P90 to a dual P133. I moved over the disks, RAM
> > and boards - everything but the P90 motherboard.
>
>
> > XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
> > (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> > (**) XKB: model: "pc101"
> > (**) XKB: layout: "us"
> > (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
> > (**) Mouse: type: MicroSoft, device: /dev/ttyS0, baudrate: 1200
> > (**) Mouse: buttons: 3
> > (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "ViRGE GX"
> > (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "NEC XE17"
> > (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
> > (--) SVGA: S3 ViRGE chipset: please load "libs3v.a" module
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: chip revision: 6
> > (--) SVGA: Chipset: ct65530
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: no monitor detected.
> > (**) SVGA: CHIPS: 4096 kB VRAM
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: TFT probed.
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: CRT
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: PI Bus
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: Depth 16 only supported with linear addressing
> > (--) SVGA: chipset: generic
> > (**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
> > (--) SVGA: clocks: 25.18
> >
> > (**) SVGA: 16bpp not supported for this chipset
> >
> > *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.***
>
> try "X :1 -bpp 8 -query localhost"
>
> (assuming that you're using xdm. use similar arguments without the query for startx)
>
> It looks like it's having trouble with the 16bpp.
>
> Failing that, I've found XF86Config, which comes with the vga16 to be wonderful, especially the newer version from a month or two ago.
>
> Setup from scratch for a very simple 8 bit display (you can now choose this), and start moving up from there.
Hmm... I couldn't find the original message, so I'm replying to this one...
Let's go through this step-by-step:
> > (--) SVGA: S3 ViRGE chipset: please load "libs3v.a" module
Ok, the X server is XF86_SVGA, and it detected a S3 ViRGE chipset. Fine.
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: chip revision: 6
> > (--) SVGA: Chipset: ct65530
Now, this is where it starts getting weird. It _also_ detects a Chips & Tech.
ct65530 display adapter. Very strange.
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: no monitor detected.
Now, we see that it can't find a monitor on the c&t card.
> > (**) SVGA: CHIPS: 4096 kB VRAM
we have 4mb RAM
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: TFT probed.
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: CRT
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: PI Bus
This is also very odd. It looks like it wants to say 'PCI Bus', but the C gets
dropped. Strange.
> > (--) SVGA: CHIPS: Depth 16 only supported with linear addressing
This is letting you know that c&t (as with some cirrus cards) won't work with
>=16bpp unless you specify "linear" in the /etc/X11/XF86Config. Normal, but not
for a system that has been setup properly for a c&t card.
> > (--) SVGA: chipset: generic
> > (**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
Here, we see a _third_ video adapter getting detected. A generic (or
unsupported) VGA with 4mb ram.
>> > (**) SVGA: 16bpp not supported for this chipset
It picks either the c&t or the generic, and complains.
> >
> > *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.***
And complains again.
It looks to me like there might be an onboard c&t adapter on the new
motherboard, or a second card. Check under /proc/pci and see what devices it
finds... Look and see if more than one display adapter is getting detected.
For the record, what kind of video card do you have?
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