Re: X won't start
On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:15:01AM -0700, G. Crimp wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 09:14:14PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
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>
> > (**) FontPath set to
> > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> > (--) SVGA: PCI: Cirrus Logic GD5430 rev 45, Memory @ 0xe5000000
> > (--) SVGA: chipset: clgd5430
> > (--) SVGA: videoram: 512k
> > (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
> > (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 22.778 MHz
> > (--) SVGA: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode "1024x768"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>
> Have you examined your XF86Config to see if it got hosed somehow ?
> You might have to reconfigure.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerald
>
Um... I noticed it detected only 512k ram. You are specifying 1024x768
at 16bpp color depth... are you sure there's enough memory for it?
I've got 1024k vidram, and at 16bpp, all I can get is 800x600.
Try dropping to 8bpp and see if it finds a mode it can use.
Mike
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