Re: X-windows (ATI 3D Rage II)
Hi,
Under BO (Debian 1.3), I had the same problem with the same video card
and kept getting the message:
Warning: Mach64Clkt < 16
(or something similar).
I upgraded to hamm (with it's newer version of XFree86) and the problem
went away.
What version of X are you using?
What's the output of:
X > <any name for file where x startup messages willbe stored>.txt >
2>&1
(e.g. X > myXerrors.txt > 2>&1)
Whats your XF86Config file look like?
Martin
>Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 01:18:07 -0600
>From: KTB <ktb@binary.net>
>To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>Subject: Re: X-windows
>
>OK, I called IBM (I'm using an Aptiva 2137-E24). My monitor is SVGA,
she said
>the chipset is ATI (I found more detailed info in Windows, it is an ATI
RAGE
>II + 3D graphic controller); the RamDac she said was 24MB but after
looking at
>the drop down menu (while trying to configure x-windows) I think she
was
>referring to the amount of SDRAM my computer came with; the clockchip
she said
>was an overlay chip and couldn't provide any additional info; the video
Ram is
>2MB SGRAM. The monitor is a G42 (M/T 6540) color 14 inch crt. So that
is the
>monitor info I don't know if that is enough to go by. The closest
chipset to
>mine seems to be Ati Mach 64 3D Rage II, Internal RAMDAC which I tried
and
>ended up with a black screen. I also noticed when going through the
set up of
>my mouse (it is a PS/2 I set it to /dev/psaux) that by default it sets
to a 3
>button mouse and I only have two buttons, I couldn't figure out how to
change
>that. I didn't receive any more error messages so I can't add to that.
Hope
>this isn't too convoluted.
>Thanks,
>Kent
>
>Mark Phillips wrote:
>
>> > Hi, I am trying to install the GUI for the first time. I have
tried it
>> > twice and failed both times.
>>
>> Don't despair, it sometimes takes a while to configure X properly,
but
>> you'll get there.
>>
>> Firstly, what information do you have about your computer hardware?
>> Have you recently bought the computer? You should try and find out
>> what kind of graphics card it has, what chipset the graphics card
uses
>> etc etc. Sometimes the graphics card is an actual card that is
>> inserted into the "bus" on the motherboard of your computer. Other
>> times, the graphics chip is built into the actual motherboard itself.
>> In either case you need to find out what kind of chipset it is. This
>> will tell you which xserver to use. The most common type of xserver
>> that is used is xserver-svga, so it is most likely you will have to
>> use this one.
>>
>> You also need to know what kind of mouse you have. Is it a two
button
>> mouse or a three button mouse? Is it a serial mouse?
>>
>> What kind of monitor do you have?
>>
>> > the instillation program it tries to bring the the x-windows up but
it
>> > can't and says there was "errono=111"
>>
>> What other information does it tell you? It might tell you what
chipset
>> it detected and other information. Does it describe anything else
about
>> the error?
>>
>> See what information you can find out, and then get back to this
list.
>> Hopefully either I, or someone else on the list, will be able to help
>> some more.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark.
>
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