Re: xserver-3dlabs

["Bruno Waes" <bruno.waes@oxygenetic.com>]

ok thanks nikita, changing the videoram to 8mb did it.

so i had a working x on a potato system

afterwards i change /etc/apt/sources.list to unstable and
    apt-get update
and
    apt-get upgraded

but when i wanted to
    startx
it didnt work, it didnt find a file /etc/X11/X

so i created a symlink from /usr/bin/X11/XF86_3dlabs to /etc/X11/X

it still didnt work

when i tried to run
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_3dlabs
manually as root

it gave an error that it didnt find the XF86Config file and that it looked
in
/root/XF86Config
/etc/XF86Config
/usr/lib/....

but not in /etc/X11/XF86Config

so i copied the file into /etc/ and then when i ran
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_3dlabs
manually i got an X up
but i still cant run it as a user (altough i checked the Xwrapper.conf)



but when i check the versions of my X packages i get this

alpha:~# dpkg -l 'xserver*' |grep ^.i
ii  xserver-3dlabs 3.3.6-11potato X server for 3DLabs GLINT and
Permedia-based
ii  xserver-common 4.0.1-10       files and utilities common to all X
servers
ii  xserver-vga16  3.3.6-11potato X server for VGA graphics cards

so, mixed up versions ???

am i in the middle of an upgrade or what did i do wrong upgrading ?

thanks in advance

bruno


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nikita Schmidt" <cetus@snowball.ucd.ie>
To: <debian-alpha@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: xserver-3dlabs


> On Monday, 18 Dec, Bruno Waes wrote:
> > i have a PWS a500 (miata) with a ELSA Gloria Synergy graphics card, i
did an
> > install from the debian binary1 cd and installed via simple the X
packages
> >
> > after the installation i did an apt-get upgrade to the latest versions
(of
> > potato). but when i want to startx as a user i get a graphical screen,
with
> > the 2/3 under half of the screen being filled with greenish scanlines
and
> > the 1/3 top being the normal grey rastered X background, but after a few
> > seconds it just exits again with this attached error.
> >
> > any idea what is wrong ?
>
> Are you sure your card has just 1 Mb video RAM?  Mine has 8, and I don't
> set the VideoRAM parameter in XF86Config - the server detects it
correctly.
>
> Nikita
>
>
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