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RE: XFCOnfiggin'

Why don't you just run xf86config on your laptop (debian)?? That should
make X work....

Ron 

On Tue, 30 May 2000, Andrew McRobert wrote:

> nope :)
> 
> A
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Rademaker [mailto:ron@wep.tudelft.nl]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:15 PM
> To: Andrew McRobert
> Cc: 'Eric G . Miller'; 'Debian-Users (E-mail)'
> Subject: RE: XFCOnfiggin'
> 
> 
> Are you out of quota or out of diskspace ?????
> 
> Ron Rademaker
> 
> On Tue, 30 May 2000, Andrew McRobert wrote:
> 
> > 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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> > 
> > » ing·email·messages.
> > 
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