Kevin Mark wrote:
On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:49:23AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:I had a problem with an X Server Crash whose output, together with that of scanpci, is pasted below. I digged around lists.debian.org and found similar problems experienced by others, only that they didn't help. I'm running Woody 3.0r2. Is it possible to successfully run X without upgrading any software and if so how. Thanks.
What do you mean by "Crash"?
If you give LONG output, it is good if you shorten it. For X output, look for the EE or WW output (error,warnings)
Usually. But in this case, it would mean that we'd have missed:>>(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) S3 unknown chipset (0x8d04) rev 0, Mem @ 0xe1000000/19, 0xd8000000/27
Perhaps a better solution would be to provide snipped info on the list, and put the full info on a web page and provide a link to that page (but not everyone has their own access to a web page).
(II) SAVAGE: driver (version 1.1.16) for S3 Savage chipsets: Savage4, Savage3D, Savage3D-MV, Savage2000, Savage/MX-MV, Savage/MX, Savage/IX-MV, Savage/IX, ProSavage PM133, ProSavage KM133, Twister, TwisterK(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found
My guess is that you've either specified a wrong BusID setting in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, or the Woody version of X doesn't recognize your video chipset (most likely).
As Kevin suggested, you should be able to run "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86", and select "vesa" as your driver rather than "s3". You'll be limited perhaps in color depth or resolution, etc, but at least you'll have a working X (hopefully).
-- Kent West westk@acu.edu