Re: XFree86 problem with S3 video card

[Rthoreau <rthoreau@iwon.com>]

> "Don Jackson (AE5K)" <don1103@azark.com> Wrote:

> I used the Debian Installer TC1 ... it installs, but gdm fails.  I 
> looked at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, cannot determine what my problem 
> is.
>
> Using Diamond Stealth SE video card with S3 Trio 732 chip, 1 MB 
> memory.  Motherboard is FIC 503VA+, CPU is K6-2.

> It appears it should be using the s3_drv.o driver which is present at
> /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.o

> The /var/log/XFree86.0.log is posted on web page:
> http://azark.com/xfreelog/XFree86.0.log
> (instead of including about 40k worth of text in this message 
> posting!)
>
> Here are the last few lines of that log:
> 
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:22:0) 
> found
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:23:0) 
> found
> (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:24:0) 
> found
> (EE) No devices detected.

> Fatal server error:
> no screens found

> Can anyone give me pointers of how to proceed?  Not a total noob, but
> still far away from guru status ;-)

> Thanks,
> Don

Did you turn off frame buffering, I have an old Nvidia card that everytime I 
use frame buffering it will crash with a similar message, even if the device 
section is correct.  Also look at the obvious Device section see if your 
BusID is correct.  Also try a regular Vesa driver, see if you get screen 
output, if your xserver starts with a different driver, then you know its a 
driver problem.

Rthoreau