Xfree86 problems

garlam · 10-17-2004, 01:13 PM

I have an old Pentium II without a dedicated GPU (it use an integrated graphic card), on this
machine I installed Slackware 9.0 2.4.20. When I launch "startx" this error occours:

Code:

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) VGA(0): initializing int10.
(II) VGA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(EE) VGA(0): No Display subsection in Screen section "Screen 1" for depth/fbbpp 1/1
(II) UnloadModule: "vga"
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Could anyone help me ???? Which commands should I type in order to get more
information about the graphic ???

P.S.

I tryed also with xf86config whithout success (I don't know what are the correct
settings).

david_ross · 10-17-2004, 01:44 PM

Can you post a copy of your XF86Config file and the output from:
lspci

mago · 10-17-2004, 11:26 PM

I had the same problem, look for the vertical and the horizontal sync, my bet is that one of the parapeters there is not set correctly, it will probably show 50.0 - 0.0 instead of 50.0 - 70.0.

garlam · 10-18-2004, 01:57 PM

This is the lspci output:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 86C326 5598/6326 (rev c3)

and this is my XF86Config

Code:

Section "Module"

    Load        "dbe"  	# Double buffer extension

    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA extension
    EndSubSection

    Load        "type1"
    Load        "speedo"

EndSection

Section "Files"

    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "LG Monitor"

    HorizSync   31.5 - 48.5

    VertRefresh 50-70

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier	"Standard VGA"
    VendorName	"Unknown"
    BoardName	"Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases.  It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

#    Chipset	"generic"

    Driver     "vga"

#    BusID      "PCI:0:10:0"

#    VideoRam	256

#    Clocks	25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Video Card"
    Driver      "vga"
	# unsupported card
    #VideoRam    1024
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "My Video Card"
    Monitor     "LG Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 1

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

    Screen "Screen 1"

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

I omitted the comments an the input devices lines.

Thanks.

gbonvehi · 10-18-2004, 02:07 PM

Try changing:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "My Video Card"
    #Driver       "vga"
    # Sis driver seems more apropiate
    Driver      "sis"
	# unsupported card
    #VideoRam    1024
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

and

Code:

    #DefaultDepth 1
    # There's not Depth 1, but 8, 16 or 24
    DefaultDepth 16

Also the other Device section, the Standard VGA one is useless unless you've two cards

garlam · 10-19-2004, 02:42 PM

Ok, now KDE starts ... even if I suppose KDE is too "heavy" fo my machine. I'll try
with XFCE.

There is another problem: the mouse seems to be not working. I move the mouse but the arrow is always
still.

In the xf86config file I set the protocol to "Auto". It is a serial port mouse.

Any suggestions ???

gnashley · 10-20-2004, 09:20 AM

For serial mice use 'Microsoft' protocol and /dev/ttyS0 for COM1, /dev/ttyS0 for COM 2.

You may want to run xf86config again and choose these options properly from there.

garlam · 10-20-2004, 01:58 PM

Thanks, I will try.