Re: X configuration problem
On Sun, 2003-05-18 at 01:11, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Sat, May 17, 2003 at 11:31:07AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-05-17 at 02:59, bernard wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have just installed Debian 3.0. The PC is equipped with an ASUS V7100
> > > graphics card (based on a nVidia GeForce2 MX chipset). I use an ordinary 15"
> > > monitor.
> > >
> > > When starting the X server, I receive the following error message :
> > > (EE) Screens(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
> > >
> > > I guess that the problem is due to a configuration error in
> > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (to be found hereunder)
> > >
> > > I tried to restart X with different values for the DefaultDepth parameter but
> > > with no success...
> > >
> > > Some hints would be greatly appreciated...
> > >
> > [snip]
> > > Section "Device"
> > > Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> > > Driver "nv"
> > > Option "UseFBDev" "true"
> > > EndSection
> >
> > I'm 99.44% sure that Nvidia doesn't "do" the frame buffer. Try this:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Generic Video Card"
> > Driver "nv"
> > BusID "AGP:01:00:0" # use lspci to adjust to your system
> > VideoRam 32768 # because I have 32768KB RAM
> > EndSection
>
> I'm pretty sure that X (n x86, anyway) can detect the BusID and VideoRAM
> itself.
Really? I'd never heard that. Back when I used xf86config, it didn't
detect video ram and bux ID.
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