Re: "Fatal server error" when running "XFree86 -configure" on 4.2.0-pre1v1

[Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>]

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:

>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
>> Platform: AMD Athlon (TM) XP 2000+, 512MB RAM
>>           debian testing (dist-upgrade from yesterday), 
>>           ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4400 screen card

> This card uses the same chip set as the GeForce4 card, and
> appearently this GeForce4 has problem with XFree86.  Here's a
> message from someone who got the exact same error message from
> GeForce4:
> 	<http://www.google.com/search?q=geforce4%20xfree86&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8>

> Does anyone know if this chipset not supported by XFree86 as all?
> Hm... looks like it may be in the latest CVS version:
> 	<http://spitfire.velocet.net/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2002-June/020040.html>

> Does anyone know if it made it into 4.2.0?

It did _not_ make it into 4.2.0.  Appearently GeForce4 came out after
4.2.0 was released.  "XFree86 -configure" worked on a CVS checkout
from yesterday, ie. it created a sensible-looking /root/XF86Config.new
file.

The server still doesn't start up properly, but that's not really a
debian 4.2.0 package problem, so I'll take that off this list.

> There's also mentioning that the NVIDIA drivers are missing from the
> debian kernels:
> 	<http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2002/debian-project-200204/msg00042.html>

> Does anyone know if these kernel drivers in any way effects XFree86?
> Ie. if we can get XFree86 working by building a kernel with these
> drivers? 

The answer is: yes you can get XFree86 working without a kernel with
these drivers, but you cannot get XFree86 with OpenGL hardware
accelleration working on a GeForce4 card without these drivers.

See
	<http://www.ntlug.org/archive/tp/glx_ccox/glx.html>
for more info.



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