This one time, at band camp, Nicos Gollan said: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 21 October 2002 20:17, Phil Reardon wrote: > > I am trying to get XFree86 4.2 to like my rage 128 video card. I > > can get a grey X screen up and mouse around, but thats all. When I > > ctrl-alt-backspace, I see these messages on the console: I am > > running kernel 2.4.18 - bf2.4 on sid. > > > > (EE) R128(0): No DFP detected > > (EE) R128(0): [dri] R128DRIScreenInit failed because of a version > > mismatch. [dri] r128.o kernel module version is 2.1.6 but version > > 2.2 or greater is needed. > > [dri] Disabling the DRI > > (EE) R128(0): [drm] failed to remove DRM signal handler > > DRIUnlock called when not locked. > > > > I do not know what DFP, dri or drm refers to, but the need for > > version 2.2 of r128.o seems clear. How can I get that at least? > > It should come along with X11, that's the place where it's being > maintained. If you compiled X from source, you can find the module > sources under > > xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux > > alternatively, you can get the X11 4.2 DRM modules at > > http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/ > > However, the DRI is only needed for 3D acceleration and X tends to run > fairly well without it. So getting the right kernel modules might not > solve any immediate problems. There is a kernel option for DRI for X4.2, and one or DRI for older X's (pre-4.1? I think) bf2.4 may not have DRI for your card in it, and you may have to recompile a kernel. But, as noted above, X runs just fine without DRI - you only need it for accelerated stuff. The grey X screen and mouse sounds like you have successfully started X, but have specified no window manager or session manager in your ~/.xsession. Adding 'exec <name of wm or session> to ~/.xsession may do what you want. Steve -- Be cautious in your daily affairs.
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