RE: Graphics mode on my C3000 - still no joy - more info
Hello Harry,
>
> Here is the output of dmesg and the XFree86.0.log ... sorry for the Windows
> cr's ... but then you probably figured out that I am a Linux newbie a long
> time ago ... trying hard to make the switch :-).
>
no pb ;)
> Also Joel, I got hopeful when I saw your "is your screen is well connected
> to your eg/pci card?" comment because I had the eg/pci connected to the
> screen through a kvm. I connected the screen directly to the eg/pci through
> the evc to vga adapter, but unfortunately nothing changed.
>
Anyway good progress (but I never paly with two gfx a buildin and an additional
so I don't know how pdc behave in this case sorry)
> I did CS11:~# ls -la /dev/fb0 and got
> crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Jun 26 20:47 /dev/fb0
>
> Thanks again for all of your help!! I hope one of you can see something
> obvious in dmesg or XFree86.0.log.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Soete [mailto:joel.soete@tiscali.be]
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 3:18 PM
> To: Harry Cochran
> Subject: Re: Graphics mode on my C3000 - still no joy - more info
>
>
>
>
> Harry Cochran wrote:
>
> >I was wrong about the message "Process set to nice value 0 instead of
-10
> as
> >requested" after the "I cannot start the X server" window ... it's gone.
> The
> >next window starts out "This is apre-release of XFree86 and is not
> supported
> >in any way".
> >
> >Also, after you see this window, you get a chance to retry to start X.
You
> >put in the root password and it goes through the process pretty quickly.
> By
> >watching it several times I was able to see two things:
> >
> >1. "Unable to open/locate file //XF86Config.new
> > error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
> >
> >2. Fatal Screen Error:
> > No Screens Found
> >
> >
> You would certainly find more in your /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>
> >By the way, I also tried changing the monitor to type 5 (1024x768) and
> >changing the mode to 1024x768 in the Display SubSection. This made no
> >difference.
> >
> >
> Stupid question (i know but that's something like this we miss :) ): is
> your screen is well connected to your eg/pci card?
>
> Again, please help us to help you more accurately (your dmesg and
> XFree86.0.log would be helpfull)
>
> Joel
>
> > Or, Helge, is that better to use another fb (eg fb1) ?
>
> No, you should cat /proc/fb which should give you "0 stifb".
> So, /dev/fb0 is your device.
> And, /dev/fb0 should look like:
> pa64:~# ls -la /dev/fb0
> crw-rw---- 1 root video 29, 0 Jun 27 22:02 /dev/fb0
>
> > Please send us your dmesg and /var/log/XFree86.0.log
>
> Yes, please.
>
> Helge
>
> Attachment: dmesg.txt
>
>
> Attachment: XFree86.0.log
>
I will check.
Thanks a lot,
Joel
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