Re: having problem with X on woody with r128

[Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen <ken@fiona-victor.com>]

b d wrote:

> hah.  I thought I had enough skills to do this (and
> no, man apt-get, didn't seem to help me either - :) ).
>
> I put Branden's line in my sources.list (deb
> http://people.debian.org/%7Ebranden/ sid/i386/) and
> did an apt-get update and upgrade, and it all looked
> fine and dandy that 8 packages relating to X were
> being upgraded.  I went through their configuration,
> clicking okay that they were experimental packages
> etc....  however, it never fully upgraded them... 
> startx still tries to load X 4.1.....
>
> running apt-get upgrade again, i get...
>
> the following packages have been kept back
> libdps1 libxaw7 xbase-clients xlibmesa3 xlibs
> xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xutils
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove
> and 8 not upgraded.
>
> Did I forget something?  How can I fix please?
>  

Try running apt-get install 'package' instead of upgrade.
It will probably return a message that  xyz extra packages will be 
installled
Kenneth

> Thanks,
> Brad.
>
>
> --- Bill Morgan <bilmor@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > This card worked fine for me under X 3.36, but
> > failed under
> > Woody's X 4.1, which I find a little puzzling.
> >
> > I wound up using Branden's somewhat experimental
> > XFree86 4.2
> > located at:
> >
> >    http://people.debian.org/~branden/
> >
> > There's a list of mirrors at:
> >
> >    http://raw.no/x4.2/
> >
> > It's working fine for me now, but I still haven't
> > worked
> > out all of the apt pinning issues to keep it up to
> > date.
> > That's high on my to-do list, so someday....
> >
> > HTH and Good Luck,
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > (Continuing top-posting because that's the way this
> > thread
> > is going.)
> >
> > On 9/25/02 9:34 AM, "b d"
> > <bobdole20020924@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi Bart et all,
> > >
> > > Um, I'm sorry, I couldn't find where to disable
> > >      
> > the
> >    
> >
> > > kernel frame buffer.... I had previously crafted
> > >      
> > my
> >    
> >
> > > XF86Config file from hand... but I did as you said
> > >      
> > and
> >    
> >
> > > did a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86, and didn't
> > >      
> > see
> >    
> >
> > > any mention of kernel frame buffer....  also
> > >      
> > couldn't
> >    
> >
> > > find it in the kernel compilation configuration. 
> > >      
> > I
> >    
> >
> > > also did a quick google and couldn't find any
> > >      
> > mention
> >    
> >
> > > of this problem......
> > >
> > > I'm not missing anything simple am I?
> > >
> > > Any further help appreciated!  This is driving me
> > >      
> > up
> >    
> >
> > > the wall!
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > Bart Verweire <bart.verweire@teleatlas.com> wrote
> > >      
> > in
> >    
> >
> > > message news:<3D917BED.54C37DD0@teleatlas.com>...
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I've had the same problem, and found the
> > > >        
> > following
> >    
> >
> > > solution somewhere on the net
> > >      
> > >
> > > > :
> > > > during the X configuration (using
> > > >        
> > dpkg-reconfigure
> >    
> >
> > > xserver ?), debian proposes
> > >      
> > >
> > > > to use a 'kernel frame buffer' (don't have my
> > > >        
> > debian
> >    
> >
> > > at hand at this moment, so
> > >      
> > >
> > > > I'm not sure about the terminology). The default
> > > >        
> > > setting is yes (debian saying
> > >      
> > >
> > > > that it is safe to do so). In my case, I had to
> > > >        
> > > disable the kernel frame buffer.
> > >      
> > >
> > > > And it now works without a problem.
> > > >
> > > > hope to help.
> > > >
> > > > Bart
> > > >
> > > > b wrote:
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > >
> > > > > Hi folks:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a question - I have gotten X working with
> > > > >          
> > > woody on a fair number of
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > machines, but this one confuses me.  The video
> > > > >          
> > > card is a 32 MB ATI Rage 128.
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > Since it was a fairly new workstation, I
> > > > >          
> > installed
> >    
> >
> > > RedHat 7.3 as well, and X
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > worked out of the box - then reinstalled Woody,
> > > > >          
> > > and compared XF86Config
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > files, and found no substantial differences.....
> > > > >          
> > I
> >    
> >
> > > upgraded and recompiled a
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > 2.4.19 kernel as well with AGP support and DRI
> > > > >          
> > for
> >    
> >
> > > the ATI R128 compiled
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > right into the kernel.
> > > > >
> > > > > Someone please help if you have any ideas......
> > > > >          
> > (I
> >    
> >
> > > apologize if there is a
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > more proper place for this posting...)
> > > > >
> > > > > The short description:  The error is "no screens
> > > > >          
> > > found"
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > following is my XF86Config file, and following
> > > > >          
> > > that (sorry for the length)
> > >      
> > >
> > > > > is the log output detailing the errors...
> > > > >
> > > > >          
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