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Re: Graphics card, PCI modem recognition probs in Woody



On Sun, 2003-06-01 at 15:11, Steve Kennedy wrote:
> Hi folks:
> 
> I've just installed Woody on a brand-new box and am having problems
> getting X and the modem working. I suspect these problems are
> connected, and that the AGP card and modem are not being recognized.
> 
> General information:
> CPU: Athlon XP 2400+
> MoBo: ECS K7VTA3/KT300 v.5
> Graphics card: ATI Radeon 7500
> Modem: US Robotics/3Com 56K PCI hardware modem
> Kernel: 2.4
> 
> lspci reports:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Via Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266]
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Via Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266 AGP]
> 00:09.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610
> (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Via Technologies, Inc. OHCI Compliant
> IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 46)
> 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139
> (rev 10)
> 00:10.0 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.1 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.2 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc. UHCI USB (rev 80)
> 00:10.3 USB Controller: Via Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3140
> (rev 82)
> 00:11.0 ISA bridge: Via Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3177
> 00:11.1 IDE interface: Via Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: Via Technologies, Inc. AC97 Audio
> Controller (rev 50)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device
> 5157
> 
> Using modconf I installed the following kernel modules:
> kernel/drivers/char/agp
> kernel/drivers/pnp/isa-pnp
> kernel/drivers/video/radeonfb
> 
> When I installed radeonfb it returned:
> radeonfb: ref_clk=2700, ref_div=12, xclk=14300 from BIOS
> radeonfb: ATI Radeon 7500 QW SDR SGRAM 64 MB
> radeonfb: DVI port no monitor connected
> radeonfb: CRT port CRT monitor connected
> Installation succeeded
> 
> I assume it picked up the graphics card.
> 
> I also set up XFree86 v.4.1.0 and indicated my graphics card, monitor,
> mouse, etc.
> 
> Yet when I hit startx it refuses to bring up X Window and gives me the
> following error message:
> 
> --Snip---
> (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP), ATI
> Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP), ATI Radeon
> VE (AGP)
> (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
                                        ^^^^^

> (EE) No devices detected.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> --Snip---
> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Are you telling XFree which PCI device to use?

$ lspci|grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2
Model 64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)

$ grep BusID /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
        BusID           "AGP:01:00:0"


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