Re: x server problem(s)
Hello
Na Zo (<perl-w@freemail.hu>) wrote:
> I just finished the installation of Sarge, but i have trouble with the
> starting of X- server, and i have no idea why is it.
>
> It said this fault: AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
> but there are two other fails in the system log. I paste here the log,
> this is a bit long, but i hope it' s no problem. I' ve a ~/.xinitrc,
> which contains this line: /usr/bin/X11/olvwm and olvwm is installed.
>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-12.1 20031003005825
You use XFree 4.
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (II) Loading sub module "int10"
> (II) LoadModule: "int10"
> (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
> (II) VGA(0): initializing int10
> (II) VGA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
> (**) VGA(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
And it seems you use the vga driver. Which you probably shouldn't.
> (==) VGA(0): RGB weight 565
> (==) VGA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) VGA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) VGA(0): videoRam: 4096 kBytes (using 256 kBytes).
It says your card has 4 MB of RAM. But only 256 K are used, which may
explain the "insufficient memory" problems.
> (II) VGA(0): Not using mode "640x480" (insufficient memory for mode)
> I don' t know why is it so long. I have a diamond viper 550 monitor
> card, driver rivatnt.
The diamond viper 550 is a Nvidia TNT card. I am confused about the 4 MB
of memory, I thought these cards had 16 MB. You need the "nv" driver,
but it seems you use the "vga" driver. Switch to "nv" or "vesa". Run
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
and select the correct driver. If you still have problems, show us the
device and screen sections of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Keep in mind that
if /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 exists, /etc/X11/XF86Config will be ignored.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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