On 07/07/11 at 09:38pm, briand@aracnet.com wrote: > howdy, > > got a new motherboard and I'm trying to figure out how to get reasonable X working. > using vesa and something very low resolution right now. > > I tried googling on that error symbol and literally got nothing back. > > Here's the lspci entry: > > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C79 [GeForce 9400] (rev b1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd. Device 0ae5 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 > Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > Memory at ee000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] > I/O ports at cf00 [size=128] > [virtual] Expansion ROM at e0000000 [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [68] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+ > Kernel driver in use: nvidia > > Any help greatly appreciated. It's been a while since Xorg -configure couldn't > actually configure. > > Thanks, > Brian > > Xorg -configure gives me the following: > > > > X.Org X Server 1.7.7 > Release Date: 2010-05-04 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-trunk-amd64 x86_64 Debian > Current Operating System: Linux windy 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed May 18 23:13:22 UTC 2011 x86_64 > Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Lin_img0 ro root=UUID=a948d6b6-8395-49a1-9f0f-21a10ceee9c2 > Build Date: 18 February 2011 08:27:24PM > xorg-server 2:1.7.7-13 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>) > Current version of pixman: 0.16.4 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > 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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Jul 7 21:34:17 2011 > List of video drivers: [...] > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new" > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" > (EE) [drm] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol > Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices. > Configuration failed. > Have you tried running it without a config file? Why are you running X as root? Try disabling the drm driver in xorg.conf if that doesn't work, and maybe post your xorg.conf here -- Liam
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