Re: X Weirdness

[Ron Rademaker <ron@wep.tudelft.nl>]

Are you out of quota or out of diskspace??
What happens if you start X as root?

Ron Rademaker

On Tue, 23 May 2000, Andrew McRobert wrote:

> hi
> 
> I've installed X 3.3.6-6 on my Toshiba Sat Pro 4270 (laptop). The machine
> has an S3 Savage card, and I've installed the latest drivers from the s3
> site. The server is identifying my machine's video card correctly, and is
> not producing any errors on start up ... BUT ... all I get is a blank screen
> when I 'startx' ... the output from my X session is as follows:
> 
> 
> 
> XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: January 8 1999
> 	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)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.12-20 i686 [ELF]
> Configured drivers:
>   SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
>       NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
>       RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, GeForce 256,
>       GeForce DDR, Quadro, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
>       ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
>       ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
>       wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
>       sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
>       sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
>       tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
>       tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
>       tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
>       tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
>       cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
>       clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
>       clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
>       clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
>       clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
>       mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
>       oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
>       ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
>       ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24,
>       AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200,
>       ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546,
>       ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200,
>       ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
>       Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, smi, generic
> (using VT number 7)
> 
> XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> (**) XKB: model: "pc104"
> (**) XKB: layout: "us"
> (**) XKB: variant: "nodeadkeys"
> (**) Mouse: type: IMPS/2, device: /dev/psaux, samplerate: 60
> (**) Mouse: buttons: 5
> (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "S3 Savage IX/MV"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Primary-Monitor"
> (**) FontPath set to
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unsca
> led,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib
> /X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 Savage/IX (Macrovision) rev 17, Memory @ 0xf0000000
> (--) SVGA: SAVAGE: Savage/MX rev 11, Linear FB @ 0xf0000000
> (--) SVGA: Detected S3 Savage/MX
> (--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_savage"
> (--) SVGA: videoram:  8192k
> (--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 250 MHz
> (--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 83.045 MHz
> (--) SVGA: VBE Version 2.0
> (--) SVGA: BIOS label is "S3 Incorporated. M7 BIOS"
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andrew McRobert LLB B.Sc(Comp. Sci)
> IT Officer, School of Law
> MURDOCH UNIVERSITY
> Ph: 9360 6479
> Fax: 9310 6671
> e-mail: mcrobert@central.murdoch.edu.au
> 
> 
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