Need help with setting up X on a 9000/725/100 (long)
I've installed Debian 3.0 for PA-RISC on various HP9000/71x boxes with
success, until now. I have it installed on a 9000/725/100 with the A4071B
PCI graphics card and I cannot get X to start. Works fine otherwise in
character mode, though. When X tries to start, it fails after what appears
to be three tries, as measured by the number of times the screen goes blank.
It then shows me the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log, which looks like this:
==================================================================
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:07:42 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "lcd"
(**) | |-->Device "fbdev"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/us
r/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X
11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(++) using VT number 7
(WW) Cannot open APM
(EE) No OS PCI support available
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w,
mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI, mgag400
(II) GLINT: driver for 3Dlabs chipsets: gamma, ti_pm2, ti_pm, pm3, pm2v,
pm2, pm, 300sx, 500tx, mx, delta
S3VIdentify
(II) S3VIRGE: driver (version 1.6.13) for S3 ViRGE chipsets: virge, 86C325,
virge vx, 86C988, virge dx, virge gx, 86C375, 86C385, virge gx2,
86C357, virge mx, 86C260, virge mx+, 86C280, trio 3d, 86C365,
trio 3d/2x, 86C362, 86C368
(II) SIS: driver for SiS chipsets: SIS5597, SIS5598, SIS530, SIS6326,
SIS300, SIS630, SIS540
(II) SAVAGE: driver (version 1.1.16) for S3 Savage chipsets: Savage4,
Savage3D, Savage3D-MV, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX,
Savage/IX-MV, Savage/IX, ProSavage PM133, ProSavage KM133, Twister,
TwisterK
(II) TRIDENT: driver for Trident chipsets: tvga8900d, cyber9320, cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9397dvd, cyber9520, cyber9525dvd, cyberblade/e4,
tgui9420dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660, tgui9680, providia9682,
providia9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, blade3d,
cyberbladei7, cyberbladei7d, cyberbladei1, cyberbladei1d,
cyberbladeAi1, cyberbladeAi1d, cyberbladeXP, cyberbladeXPm
(II) CHIPS: Driver for Chips and Technologies chipsets: ct65520, ct65525,
ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550,
ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct69030, ct64200, ct64300
(II) TDFX: Driver for 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 chipsets: 3dfx Banshee,
3dfx Voodoo3, 3dfx Voodoo5
(II) FBDev: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.3.6) for chipsets: ati
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RK (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PD (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PP (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro PR (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)
(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
ATI Radeon VE (AGP)
(II) imstt: driver (version 1.0.0 for IMS TwinTurbo chipsets : imstt128,
imstt3d
(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
S3VProbe begin
(II) FBDev(0): using default device
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(**) FBDev(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) FBDev(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) FBDev(0): Hardware: (vidmem: 2048k)
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDev(0): mode "1024x768" ok
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) FBDev(0): Default mode "1024x768": 44.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.5
kHz, 87.0 Hz (I)
(II) FBDev(0): Modeline "1024x768" 44.90 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776
817 interlace +hsync +vsync
(==) FBDev(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(**) FBDev(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
==================================================================
And then I get the chance to configure my X device with
/usr/bin/X11/xf86cfg. The output from that is:
==================================================================
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.8.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:42:23 2002
(--) using VT number 7
(EE) No OS PCI support available
List of video drivers:
mga
glint
s3virge
sis
savage
trident
chips
tdfx
fbdev
ati
imstt
vga
v4l
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.8.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:42:25 2002
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file: "/root/XF86Config.new"
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Cannot connect to X server.
==================================================================
So, I think the problem is that I don't have an X device, most likely
because I don't have the driver for the A4071B PCI graphics card.
When I remove the A4071B graphics card and connect to the embedded console
port, the /var/log/XFree86.0.log
file contains:
==================================================================
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:54:30 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "lcd"
(**) | |-->Device "fbdev"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/us
r/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/
X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X
11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(++) using VT number 7
(WW) Cannot open APM
(EE) No OS PCI support available
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B]
(II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w,
mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI, mgag400
(II) GLINT: driver for 3Dlabs chipsets: gamma, ti_pm2, ti_pm, pm3, pm2v,
pm2, pm, 300sx, 500tx, mx, delta
S3VIdentify
(II) S3VIRGE: driver (version 1.6.13) for S3 ViRGE chipsets: virge, 86C325,
virge vx, 86C988, virge dx, virge gx, 86C375, 86C385, virge gx2,
86C357, virge mx, 86C260, virge mx+, 86C280, trio 3d, 86C365,
trio 3d/2x, 86C362, 86C368
(II) SIS: driver for SiS chipsets: SIS5597, SIS5598, SIS530, SIS6326,
SIS300, SIS630, SIS540
(II) SAVAGE: driver (version 1.1.16) for S3 Savage chipsets: Savage4,
Savage3D, Savage3D-MV, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX,
Savage/IX-MV, Savage/IX, ProSavage PM133, ProSavage KM133, Twister,
TwisterK
(II) TRIDENT: driver for Trident chipsets: tvga8900d, cyber9320, cyber9388,
cyber9397, cyber9397dvd, cyber9520, cyber9525dvd, cyberblade/e4,
tgui9420dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660, tgui9680, providia9682,
providia9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, blade3d,
cyberbladei7, cyberbladei7d, cyberbladei1, cyberbladei1d,
cyberbladeAi1, cyberbladeAi1d, cyberbladeXP, cyberbladeXPm
(II) CHIPS: Driver for Chips and Technologies chipsets: ct65520, ct65525,
ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550,
ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct69030, ct64200, ct64300
(II) TDFX: Driver for 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3 chipsets: 3dfx Banshee,
3dfx Voodoo3, 3dfx Voodoo5
(II) FBDev: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.3.6) for chipsets: ati
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets: ATI Rage 128 RE (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 RF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 RK (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PD (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro PF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro PP (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Pro PR (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility LE (PCI),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility LF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility MF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility ML (AGP)
(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
ATI Radeon VE (AGP)
(II) imstt: driver (version 1.0.0 for IMS TwinTurbo chipsets : imstt128,
imstt3d
(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
S3VProbe begin
(II) FBDev(0): using default device
(II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode
(**) FBDev(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) FBDev(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) FBDev(0): Hardware: (vidmem: 2048k)
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDev(0): mode "1024x768" ok
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) FBDev(0): Default mode "1024x768": 44.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.5
kHz, 87.0 Hz (I)
(II) FBDev(0): Modeline "1024x768" 44.90 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776
817 interlace +hsync +vsync
(==) FBDev(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(**) FBDev(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer"
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
==================================================================
And the output from /usr/bin/X11/xf86cfg is:
==================================================================
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.8.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:55:21 2002
(--) using VT number 7
(EE) No OS PCI support available
List of video drivers:
mga
glint
s3virge
sis
savage
trident
chips
tdfx
fbdev
ati
imstt
vga
v4l
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.16-64 parisc64 [ELF]
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.8.log", Time: Tue Nov 26 22:55:22 2002
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file: "/root/XF86Config.new"
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Cannot connect to X server.
==================================================================
I think that the error logs are trying to tell me that I failed to load a
driver for my X device. I can believe that I might have failed to load a
driver for the A4071B, but not having the embedded graphics port
auto-detected is a new experience for me. I'm toying with the idea of simply
re-installing to see if there is something that I missed, but I'd rather fix
the problem at hand and install a driver, _if_ that's what is really wrong.
I'm hoping that someone will read this message, review the logfiles and make
some suggestions. If it's a driver that is needed, I'd appreciate a tip on
what driver it is or might be, where to find it (it's on one of the six
disks, no doubt), and a pointer to the Debian How-To for adding a driver to
your kernel on HPPA. Thanks in advance to anyone who desires to dig in and
help.
Bob Passell
bob.passell@hp.com
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