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RE: XFCOnfiggin'

hi

.. this has actually been a long-running saga on the list (well for yours
truly anyhow). Both laptops are running 3.3.6 (mine's 3.3.6-6), not sure
about the other. The S3 Savage card is supported in all versions of 3.3.6
(apparently). I've also downloaded a specific XF86_SVGA server for my card.
The generic SVGA server didn't recognise my chipset, but the new one does
(which is something of a breakthrough). However, when I run 'startx' all I
get is a blank screen. If I Ctrl+F1 to TTY1 then I see the message "explicit
kill or server shutdown". The output of startx is below, I'm running out of
ideas...

tks, A

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).



-----Original Message-----
From: Eric G . Miller [mailto:egm2@jps.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:42 PM
To: Debian-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: XFCOnfiggin'


On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 03:02:01PM +0800, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> hi again
>
> Can someone tell me why an XF86Config file from an identical laptop
> will not work on mine (ie. identical model, CPU, RAM, HDD, Video Card,
> Sound Card etc.) .... BUT ... mine's Debian as opposed to Red Hat ...
> ?

Crystal Ball is a little cloudy today... but I'm seeing different
versions of X -- one that supports certain graphics hardware and one
that does not.  A likely course of action is to run x86config on the
machine where X isn't working, and find out if the display hardware is
supported.  If yes, continue with configuration, using the other Config
file as a reference.  If no, update X (which may entail updating Debian
version).

You might try posting the exact problem in the future. Clairvoyance is
tricky business.

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