Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start

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Subject: Re: Help: Can't get XFree86 v4.0.2 to start
From: Donnell <donnell@quepasa.com>
Date: 21 Jan 2001 14:50:56 -0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 20010121225056.23486.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net>
Ok.  I now have it working.  After shuffling some options around and trying the fbdev driver designation again, I was able to get v4.0.2 running, but only at a bit depth of 8.  I have a 2MB video card that can handle 16-bit color at 1024x768 on the MacOS side.  What am I missing that I can't get 16-bit color using v4.0.2 as I did using v3.3.6?

Thanks.

=== XF86Config-4

# File generated by anXious - the Debian X Configuration Tool
# anXious and xviddetect are (c) 2000 Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>

# File modified by a GNUbie 20 Jan 2001 for use by XFree86 v4
 
Section "Files"
        RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
        ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "GLcore"
        Load    "dbe"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "pex5"
        Load    "record"
        Load    "xie"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "speedo"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "vbe"
        Load    "int10"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#       NoTrapSignals
#       DontZap
#       DontZoom
#       DisableVidModeExtension
#       AllowNonLocalXvidtune
#       DiableModInDev
#       AllowNonLocalModInDev
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "MyKeyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        #Option         "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        #Option         "XkbModel"      "macintosh"
        #Option         "XkbLayout"     "us"
        Option   "XkbKeycodes"     "macintosh"
        Option   "XkbTypes"        "default"
        Option   "XkbCompat"       "default"
        Option   "XkbSymbols"      "macintosh/us"
        Option   "XkbGeometry"     "macintosh"
        Option   "XkbRules"        "xfree86"
        Option   "XkbModel"        "pc101"
EndSection

#Section "Pointer"
#       Protocol "PS/2"
#       Device "/dev/mouse"
#       Protocol "ps/2"
#       Protocol "BusMouse"
#       Device "/dev/mouse"
        #Buttons 3
#       Emulate3Buttons
#EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "MyMouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Protocol"              "BusMouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/adbmouse"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        #Option         "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "PanaSync Pro P17"
        VendorName      "Panasonic"
        ModelName       "PanaSync Pro P17"

        HorizSync 30.0-86.0
        VertRefresh 50.0-160.0

# Mode from fbset -x
Mode "1024x768"
    # D: 78.413 MHz, H: 59.766 kHz, V: 74.707 Hz
    DotClock 78.414
    HTimings 1024 1056 1152 1312
    VTimings 768 769 772 800
    Flags    "+HSync" "+VSync"    # Warning: XFree86 doesn't support accel
EndMode
# end Mode from fbset -x

Mode "1024x768"
    # D: 78.413 MHz, H: 59.766 kHz, V: 74.707 Hz
    DotClock 78.414
    HTimings 1024 1056 1152 1312
    VTimings 768 769 772 800
    Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"    # Is there a major difference using + or -?
EndMode

Mode "640x480"
    # D: 29.999 MHz, H: 34.722 kHz, V: 66.136 Hz
    DotClock 30.000
    HTimings 640 720 784 864
    VTimings 480 483 486 525
    Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
EndMode

Mode "832x624"
    # D: 57.597 MHz, H: 49.997 kHz, V: 74.959 Hz
    DotClock 57.598
    HTimings 832 880 944 1152
    VTimings 624 625 628 667
    Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
EndMode

EndSection # Monitor Section

Section "Device"
        Identifier "ATY Mach64"
        Option "UseFBDev"
        #Option "NoAccel"
        Driver "fbdev"
        #Option "NoAccel"
        #Option "UseFBDev"
        VendorName "Unknown"
        BoardName "Unknown"
        VideoRam 2093
        BusID "PCI:0:17:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "MyScreen"
    Device      "ATY Mach64"
    Monitor     "PanaSync Pro P17"
    DefaultDepth 8
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
        #Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    #SubSection "Display"
    #    Depth     8
    #    Modes "800x600"
    #EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     15
        Modes "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes "800x600"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "MyScreen"
        InputDevice     "MyKeyboard"
        InputDevice     "MyMouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

=== end XF86Config-4

=== XFree86.0.log excerpt

...
(II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.o
(II) Module fbdev: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0
        ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
        ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.1
(II) FBDev: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.0.2
        ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
        [0] -1  0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
        [1] -1  0x80800000 - 0x80ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
        [2] -1  0xfffff000 - 0xffffffff (0x1000) MX[B](B)
        [3] -1  0x81000000 - 0x81ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [4] -1  0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[B]E
        [5] -1  0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(**) FBDev(0): claimed PCI slot 0:17:0
(II) FBDev(0): using default device
(WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0x400 e: 0x4ff correcting^G
(II) window:
        [0] -1  0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) resSize:
(II) window fixed:
        [0] -1  0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
        [0] -1  0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
        [1] -1  0x80800000 - 0x80ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
        [2] -1  0xfffff000 - 0xffffffff (0x1000) MX[B](B)
        [3] -1  0x81000000 - 0x81ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [4] 0   0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
        [5] 0   0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [6] 0   0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [7] -1  0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
        [8] -1  0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
        [9] 0   0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
        [10] 0  0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) 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: ATY Mach64 (vidmem: 2044k)
(==) FBDev(0): Option ShadowFB is on
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device...
(II) FBDev(0):  mode "1024x768" ok
(II) FBDev(0):  mode "800x600" ok
(II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor...
(--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) FBDev(0): Mode "1024x768": 78.4 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 59.8 kHz, 74.7 Hz
(**) FBDev(0): Mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(==) FBDev(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "shadowfb"
(II) LoadModule: "shadowfb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadowfb.a
(II) Module shadowfb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
        [0] 0   0xfffff000 - 0xffffffff (0x1000) MX[B]
        [1] 0   0x81000000 - 0x81ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
        [2] -1  0xf3000000 - 0xf3ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]E
        [3] -1  0x80800000 - 0x80ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
        [4] -1  0xfffff000 - 0xffffffff (0x1000) MX[B](B)
        [5] -1  0x81000000 - 0x81ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
        [6] 0   0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
        [7] 0   0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [8] 0   0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
        [9] -1  0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
        [10] -1 0x00000400 - 0x000004ff (0x100) IX[B](B)
        [11] 0  0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
        [12] 0  0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(==) FBDev(0): Backing store disabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
...

=== end XFree86.0.log excerpt

On Sat, 20 January 2001, Donnell wrote:
> 
> After upgrading to XFree86 v4.0.2, X will not start.  The screen 
> flashes 3 or 4 times then settles at the prompt.
> 
> Pertinent hardware info is as follows:
> 
>     PowerComputing PowerBase 180 w/Sonnet G3/L2 upgrade
>     ATI Mach64 Video card (2MB RAM)
>     Panasonic PanaSync Pro P17 monitor
....

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