XServer configuration problem with my i810 MB in Debian3.0r2?

velan · 04-12-2004, 06:14 AM

Hope anyone here will help me after giving this detalied mail.
The problem is, after giving the command gdm or kdm in Debian prompt the
monitor blinks for two times and Xserver shows a AddInit error.

These are the steps which I have followed for Xserver Configuration.
Bfore
that , these are my configuration detials:

1) Intel 810 Mother board, Intel 810 chipset with 4MB video
ram
2) Pentiium III 700 Mhz Processor
3) Debian 30.r2 with XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window
System

These are the steps which I follwed :

debian #~ dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

1) Manage XFree86 4.x server configuration file with debconf? - Yes
2) Desired Xserver driver - i810 driver chossed.
3) Identifier of video card - New card
4) Video cards bus identifier - None
5) Amount of memory(in KB) for video memory - 4096
6) Frame buffer device interface? - Yes
7) X Key Board rule set - xfree86
8) KeyBoard Model - pc104
9) Keyboard layout - us
10) keyboard variant - none
11) keyboard options - none
12) mouse port - /dev/ttyS0
13) mouse driver - MouseMan
14) emulate 3 button mouse? No
15) Scroll events? No
16) Identifier for Monitor - New monitor
17) LCD device - No
18) Xwindow GUI Characteristics: Medium - 800x600 @ 60 hz
19) Video Mode - 800x600 and 640x480
20) Bit colour = 24 bit
21) Xserver modules to be loaded - All modules selected expect the
last
one.
22) Write files to configuration file? _ Yes
23) Write default DRI section to configuration file? - Yes.

and after putting th command gdm or kdm in the Debian prompt my Monitor
blinks for 2 times and XServer shows error:

Iam also giving the log file here:

libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "pex5"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
(II) Module pex5: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension X3D-PEX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "xie"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a
(II) Module xie: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XIE
(II) LoadModule: "i810"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o
(II) Module i810: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(II) I810: Driver for Intel i810 chipset: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:01:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset i810e found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xff700000 - 0xff7fffff (0x100000) MX[B]E
[6] -1 0 0xff8fe000 - 0xff8fffff (0x2000) MX[B]E
[7] -1 0 0xffa80000 - 0xffafffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000df00 - 0x0000dfff (0x100) IX[B]E
[12] -1 0 0x0000de80 - 0x0000deff (0x80) IX[B]E
[13] -1 0 0x0000efa0 - 0x0000efbf (0x20) IX[B]E
[14] -1 0 0x0000ef80 - 0x0000ef9f (0x20) IX[B]E
[15] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffbf (0x20) IX[B]E
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xff700000 - 0xff7fffff (0x100000) MX[B]E
[6] -1 0 0xff8fe000 - 0xff8fffff (0x2000) MX[B]E
[7] -1 0 0xffa80000 - 0xffafffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[10] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000df00 - 0x0000dfff (0x100) IX[B]E
[15] -1 0 0x0000de80 - 0x0000deff (0x80) IX[B]E
[16] -1 0 0x0000efa0 - 0x0000efbf (0x20) IX[B]E
[17] -1 0 0x0000ef80 - 0x0000ef9f (0x20) IX[B]E
[18] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffbf (0x20) IX[B]E
[19] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[20] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(**) I810(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
(==) I810(0): RGB weight 888
(==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) I810(0): initializing int10
(II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 1024 kB
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel810(TM) Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA
BIOS
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 3.0
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: i810 Graphics Controller
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec.
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer: SAM Model: 1058 Serial#: 1146106167
(II) I810(0): Year: 2000 Week: 22
(II) I810(0): EDID Version: 1.1
(II) I810(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
(II) I810(0): Sync: Separate
(II) I810(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 32 vert.: 24
(II) I810(0): Gamma: 2.26
(II) I810(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) I810(0): redX: 0.645 redY: 0.321 greenX: 0.285 greenY: 0.600
(II) I810(0): blueX: 0.142 blueY: 0.057 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.298
(II) I810(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) I810(0): 720x400@88Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) I810(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced)
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) I810(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): #0: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833
(II) I810(0): #1: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) I810(0): #2: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
(II) I810(0): #3: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) I810(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) I810(0): clock: 56.2 MHz Image Size: 306 x 230 mm
(II) I810(0): h_active: 800 h_sync: 832 h_sync_end 896 h_blank_end
1048
h_border: 0
(II) I810(0): v_active: 600 v_sync: 601 v_sync_end 604 v_blanking:
631
v_border: 0
(II) I810(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) I810(0): clock: 94.5 MHz Image Size: 306 x 230 mm
(II) I810(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1072 h_sync_end 1168 h_blank_end
1376
h_border: 0
(II) I810(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 769 v_sync_end 772 v_blanking:
808
v_border: 0
(II) I810(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 160 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 70
kHz,
PixClock max 110 MHz
(II) I810(0): Serial No: HMDN601799
(--) I810(0): Chipset: "i810e"
(--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xF8000000
(--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0xFFA80000
(EE) Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
(**) I810(0): Will alloc AGP framebuffer: 2048 kByte
(==) I810(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) I810(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 28.00-38.00 kHz
(II) I810(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 Hz
(II) I810(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 136.00 MHz
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(--) I810(0): Virtual size is 800x600 (pitch 1024)
(**) I810(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(II) I810(0): Modeline "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605
628
+hsync +vsync
(**) I810(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) I810(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492
525
-hsync -vsync
(--) I810(0): Display dimensions: (32, 24) cm
(--) I810(0): DPI set to (63, 63)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xffa80000 - 0xffafffff (0x80000) MS[B]
[1] 0 0 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MS[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xff700000 - 0xff7fffff (0x100000) MX[B]E
[8] -1 0 0xff8fe000 - 0xff8fffff (0x2000) MX[B]E
[9] -1 0 0xffa80000 - 0xffafffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[11] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[12] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[13] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000df00 - 0x0000dfff (0x100) IX[B]E
[17] -1 0 0x0000de80 - 0x0000deff (0x80) IX[B]E
[18] -1 0 0x0000efa0 - 0x0000efbf (0x20) IX[B]E
[19] -1 0 0x0000ef80 - 0x0000ef9f (0x20) IX[B]E
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffbf (0x20) IX[B]E
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(==) I810(0): Write-combining range (0xf8000000,0x4000000)
(II) I810(0): Setting dot clock to 40.0 MHz [ 0x8 0x1 0x30 ] [ 10 3 3 ]
(II) I810(0): chose watermark 0x2210c000: (tab.freq 40.0)

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to submit@bugs.debian.org.

aliensub · 04-12-2004, 08:21 AM

Hmmm. I can see that your monitor isn´t correctly configured. Try to find the manual or specs for the monitor and find the vsync and hsync settings. IF this doesn´t help do the following:

cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.bak (backup your current config)

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

This will reconfigure your X server. When asking for monitor setup choose medium and use a small setting (e.g. 1024x768 @ 60hz). IF this works, then edit the config file and work the way up until it hits the wall or till you´re satisfied.

Btw: which port does your mouse sit @? IF it´s the PS/2 then your mouse port should be /dev/psaux . X won´t run if it can´t find the mouse.

2damncommon · 04-12-2004, 09:02 AM

Someone posted this site recently.
http://www.monitorworld.com/
Good luck with your config.

Dead Parrot · 04-12-2004, 09:26 AM

LiveCDs like Knoppix and Morphix are great tools for fixing X configuration problems.

At first boot to LiveCD, then mount your Debian partition as root from the LiveCD and use a file manager to move the autoconfigured /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 from LiveCD to Debian. Or you can write down the specs from LiveCD's XF86Config-4 and then boot to Debian and run 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'.

It's always good to have a LiveCD around, in case you mess something in your main system. Personally I prefer Morphix LightGUI (that comes with XFCE) because it needs less RAM but if you are more familiar with KDE, go with Knoppix.

2damncommon · 04-12-2004, 09:33 AM

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it needs less RAM but if you are more familiar with KDE, go with Knoppix.

Knoppix can be started in text mode or with other available desktops. Check out the "cheatcodes" on their website.
I just ran text mode Knoppix on a Pentium 100 with 32MB RAM yesterday.

Dead Parrot · 04-12-2004, 12:03 PM

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I just ran text mode Knoppix on a Pentium 100 with 32MB RAM yesterday.

Yeah, you can do that. I just happen to like like XFCE4.

Actually, I also use QtParted from SystemRescueCD to partition new HDDs. It also comes with GAG bootloader that I like.

Qucho · 04-13-2004, 05:47 AM

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(II) I810(0): Generic Monitor: Using hsync range of 28.00-38.00 kHz
(II) I810(0): Generic Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 Hz
(II) I810(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 136.00 MHz
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)
(II) I810(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory
for
mode)

This is the problem... when you reconfigure the xserver deselect the high resolution (also try a low color depth) options, and verify what are the refresh rates supported by your monitor.

velan · 04-14-2004, 07:34 AM

I downloaded the Binary version of Xfree86 4.4.x and i worked after I installed it using the script Xinstall.sh