Setup x-windows
Last night at my Linux SIG meeting,
I attempted to demonstrate x-windows installation
for Debian woody. We already had loaded woody base.
I had practiced at home and thought I was prepared,
But it did not work on our computer club computer;
I was not able to setup x-windows.
I have two questions:
1) what is the most straightforward way
to load x-windows packages? and
2) how do we get x-windows working on this machine?
1) I thought that if I ran tasksel and selected
Desktop environment, that it would load all
of the required packages for x-windows.
It only loaded one package, I forget which, but
it had nothing to do with x-windows.
So, I went into dselect and selected:
xserver-xfree86 xfree86-common twm xfs
xserver-common xfonts-base
and all of the required dependencies.
We loaded some software, but no x-windows.
Then I went into tasksel and selected
Desktop Environment again and this time
it added many more packages, but no x-windows.
I kept expecting to see Debian configuration
screens for x-windows, like I had seen at home
in practice, but never did see them
for our computer club computer.
What is the name of that configuration program?
Can it be run manually, if not automatically
run by dselect?
I tried a few more iterations through dselect
but was not able to to figure out which
packages were required.
Here is a note that may be important:
I was loading software from the first three
CDs out of the 8 CDs in the woody distribution.
That is, I was only using packages that
are included in the first three CDs.
There is a reason for this:
I am burning these CDs myself and I am
cramped on disk space - I only have room for
the first three CDs that I have already
downloaded.
The woody build was dated Feb 27 of this year.
2) How do I get x-windows setup? x-windows
makes three attempts to load and then stops.
I am attaching the /var/log/XFree86.0.log .
It gives: (EE) No devices detected. ,
even though if previously seems to have
detected an NVidia GeForce2 MX DDR rev 178 .
Is there some package on CDs 4-8 that is
required for GeForce2?
TIA
Dennis Krinke
This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)
XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
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)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Apr 18 07:02:17 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7
(WW) Cannot open APM
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10b9,1647 card 0000,0000 rev 04 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 10b9,5247 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 10b9,5237 card 10b9,5237 rev 03 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10b9,5229 card 1043,8053 rev c4 class 01,01,fa hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 13f6,0111 card 1043,80e2 rev 10 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:06:0: chip 10b9,5237 card 10b9,5237 rev 03 class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 10b9,1533 card 10b9,1533 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10ec,8139 card a0a0,0027 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 12b9,1008 card 12b9,00a2 rev 01 class 07,00,02 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 10b9,7101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0111 card a0a0,005b rev b2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe6000000 - 0xe7efffff (0x1f00000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe7f00000 - 0xefffffff (0x8100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia GeForce2 MX DDR rev 178, Mem @ 0xe6000000/24, 0xe8000000/27, BIOS @ 0xe7ff0000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe3800000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[1] -1 0 0xe4800000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[2] -1 0 0xe5800000 - 0xe5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[3] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xffffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]E
[4] -1 0 0xe7ff0000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe6000000 - 0xe6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe3800000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[1] -1 0 0xe4800000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[2] -1 0 0xe5800000 - 0xe5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[3] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xffffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]E
[4] -1 0 0xe7ff0000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe6000000 - 0xe6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe3800000 - 0xe3ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[6] -1 0 0xe4800000 - 0xe4ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[7] -1 0 0xe5800000 - 0xe5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B]E
[8] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xffffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]E
[9] -1 0 0xe7ff0000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xe6000000 - 0xe6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[15] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[16] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B]E
[17] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]E
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "pex5"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
(II) Module pex5: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension X3D-PEX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "xie"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a
(II) Module xie: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XIE
(II) LoadModule: "apm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.o
(II) Module apm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(II) APM: driver for the Alliance chipsets: AP6422, AT24, AT3D
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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