No Screens
 

I just finished installing a dual boot of Windows 2k pro and Redhat Linux 9.0. The install went perfect, all graphics displayed properly but when I finshed the installing, rebooted, and selected linux in my boot loader the screen flickers a few times then informs me that X server could not start, shows me a log file with some lines like No Screens found and returns me to the login. I tried running the config but it does the same thing. I am really new to linux, thus is the reason I installed it, because I wanted to toy with it some but I am getting nowhere fast. Finding help for this seemed to be a daunting task. I often see people ask for a copy of the log file but I have no idea how to get it posted here. I am presently posting this thread in win2k. How would I get a copy of the log file to this thread in hopes that someone could help me out?

PS> I am using an ATI Radeon 9000 pro video card. It has 128ddr and tv out. It also has dual displays (but I only use one). Remember when helping me I am a complete newb so take it step by step lol.

Hi Sparky!

Welcome to LinuxQuestions! Let's see what we can do about your problems...

Are you using a text mode login? That is, does the system boot and end in a text screen with a login prompt?

What config program did you use? If you can log in, try doing that as root, and then run
redhat-config-xfree86
(Or was that the config program you were using?)

Regards
Martin

Yes that was the config program I was using. It did some configuring, said something like trying ATI Radeon 9000 and failed when trying to boot X again.

As for text, well when I boot into linux it comes to a text login, flickers monitor on and off a few times, then goes to a blue screen informing me of X server crash asking me if I wish to view log, then asking me if I wish to run config program, after failure it puts me back at text login.

Note I get the same log info when I manually start X with startx at root.

OK. I'm not 100% sure which log file this is written to, so I'll have you look around a little. Do you have a second computer with Net access available or can you print these instructions?

By the way, are you familiar with DOS commands? I'll try to be a little verbose here. I'll write commands with a command prompt that looks like this: ~>

o Log in as root in text mode.

o Go to the directory with the log files with 'cd':
~> cd /var/log

o Now you can list the files in that directory with the 'ls' command. The flag '-l' gives more detailed file information. Then to avoid the listing to scroll away to fast we send the output to 'more'.
~> ls -l | more
The character between 'ls -l' and 'more' is the pipe character. I don't know where it is on a U.S keyboard, I use a Swedish kbd. Now you should be able to scroll line by line by pressing the return key. You could exit from the listing with the 'q' key.

o I think that the file with the interesting information could be either a file called 'XFree86.setup.log' or possibly one of the 'XFree86.*.log'-files (if there are more than one, look at the most recent one).

o Look in the files with the 'more' command to see if there is anything interesting in it:
~> more XFree86.setup.log

o Now copy the file to a floppy. Insert a DOS formatted floppy in the drive and mount it in your file system with this command:
~> mount /mnt/floppy

o Copy the file(s) you find interesting to your floppy with the 'cp' command:
~> cp XFree86.setup.log /mnt/floppy/

o Before removing the floppy and rebooting the system you need to unmount the floppy from the file system:
~> umount /mnt/floppy

Hope you find some good error messages.

Regards
Martin

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Anybody else has a Radeon card connected to their RedHat-box? I don't, but I think that the instructions I've given should make Sparky able to post the error messages he got.

Then we might need help from someone else to resolve the problem. :cool:

Martin

Ok that was VERY helpful information. Here is one of the logs.


XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.3.0-2)
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20-3bigmem i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 27 February 2003
Build Host: porky.devel.redhat.com

Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.20-8 (bhcompile@porky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)) #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 5 07:14:56 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "Server Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/").
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(++) using VT number 7

(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,1a30 card 1028,0110 rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,1a31 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev 12 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,2440 card 0000,0000 rev 12 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,244b card 1028,0110 rev 12 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,2442 card 1028,0110 rev 12 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,2443 card 1028,0110 rev 12 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:4: chip 8086,2444 card 1028,0110 rev 12 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,4966 card 1002,0002 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:1: chip 1002,496e card 1002,0003 rev 01 class 03,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:07:0: chip 12b9,1007 card 12b9,00c2 rev 00 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:08:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:09:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 02:0a:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8022 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:0a:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000e (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xff800000 - 0xff9fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x10000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0006 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xff600000 - 0xff7fffff (0x200000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf80fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000] rev 1, Mem @ 0xf0000000/27, 0xff8f0000/16, I/O @ 0xec00/8, BIOS @ 0x80000000/17
(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Radeon 9000] (Secondary) rev 1, Mem @ 0xe8000000/27, 0xff8e0000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xff6ff800 - 0xff6ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xff6ffc00 - 0xff6ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf8010000 - 0xf8017fff (0x8000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf800ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf801fc00 - 0xf801fc3f (0x40) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[6] -1 0 0xff8e0000 - 0xff8effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x80000000 - 0x8001ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xff8f0000 - 0xff8fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000dc98 - 0x0000dc9f (0x8) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000dca0 - 0x0000dcbf (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000dcc0 - 0x0000dcff (0x40) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ccd0 - 0x0000ccdf (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xff6ff800 - 0xff6ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xff6ffc00 - 0xff6ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xf8010000 - 0xf8017fff (0x8000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf800ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xf801fc00 - 0xf801fc3f (0x40) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[6] -1 0 0xff8e0000 - 0xff8effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x80000000 - 0x8001ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xff8f0000 - 0xff8fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000dc98 - 0x0000dc9f (0x8) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000dca0 - 0x0000dcbf (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000dcc0 - 0x0000dcff (0x40) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000ccd0 - 0x0000ccdf (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[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 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[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 0xff6ff800 - 0xff6ff8ff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xff6ffc00 - 0xff6ffcff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xf8010000 - 0xf8017fff (0x8000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xf8000000 - 0xf800ffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xf801fc00 - 0xf801fc3f (0x40) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[11] -1 0 0xff8e0000 - 0xff8effff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xefffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x80000000 - 0x8001ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[14] -1 0 0xff8f0000 - 0xff8fffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[15] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000dc98 - 0x0000dc9f (0x8) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000dca0 - 0x0000dcbf (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000dcc0 - 0x0000dcff (0x40) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000ccd0 - 0x0000ccdf (0x10) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
[26] -1 0 0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
[27] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ecff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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 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) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(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 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="Fire GL - ATI Research GmbH, Germany"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 3.7.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) FireGL8700/8800: Driver for chipset: ATI RV250 Id (R9000),
ATI RV250 Ie (R9000), ATI RV250 If (R9000), ATI RV250 Ig (R9000),
ATI RV250 Ld (M9), ATI RV250 Le (M9), ATI RV250 Lf (M9),
ATI RV250 Lg (M9), ATI RV280 5960 (R9200 PRO),
ATI RV280 Ya (R9200LE), ATI RV250SE Yd (R9200SE),
ATI RV250 5C61 (M9+), ATI RV250 5C63 (M9+), ATI R200 QH (R8500),
ATI R200 QL (R8500), ATI R200 QM (R9100), ATI R200 QT (R8500),
ATI R200 QU (R9100), ATI R200 BB (R8500), ATI RV350 AP (R9600),
ATI RV350SE AQ (R9600SE), ATI RV350 AR (R9600 PRO),
ATI RV350 NP (M10), ATI R300 AD (R9500), ATI R300 AE (R9500),
ATI R300 AF (R9500), ATI R300 AG (Fire GL Z1/X1),
ATI R300 ND (R9700 PRO), ATI R300 NE (R9700/R9500 PRO),
ATI R300 NF (R9600 TX), ATI R300 NG (Fire GL X1),
ATI R350SE AH (R9800SE), ATI R350 AK (Fire GL unknown),
ATI RV350 AT (Fire GL T2), ATI RV350 AU (Fire GL T2),
ATI RV350 AV (Fire GL T2), ATI RV350 AW (Fire GL T2),
ATI R350 NH (R9800), ATI R350LE NI (R9800LE), ATI R350 NJ (R9800),
ATI R350 NK (Fire GL X2), ATI RV350 NT (WS/M10)
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:0) found
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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 xfree86@xfree86.org.

I recommend you visit www.ati.com, search out the Linux graphics driver for the Radeon 9000 series, download it, boot into Linux, copy the downloaded file from your Windows partition (I assume your Windows boot is how you're reading the web) and install the rpm by typing (as root):

You will probably get a warning message. Don't worry about it. This would be a good time to know the horizontal and vertical refresh rate ranges of your monitor. You'll need to know these, as you now run fglrxconfig to configure your X server, and save the output file to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Now exit out of root and startx, hopefully it will work. You'll need a little extra help to get 3d acceleration working, but one step at a time - let's just get X windows working first.

Did that. I installed fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm using rpm -i --force fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.7.0.i386.rpm. I then ran fglrxconfig and entered my vertical and horizontal rates and answered all the other questions the config asked me. Upon typing startx I get the same error and the exact same error log as above is generated.

Hi again!

We could take a look at your configuration file for X.

First, go to the directory /etc/X11/

Look if you have a file called 'XF86Config-4' and post it here. Otherwise post the file 'XF86Config'. That's basically the same file, but X first tries to use the the '-4' file if it exists.

If this file seems to be broken, then there are a couple of tricks we could try. :)

Regards
Martin

Here it is
 

# File: XF86Config-4
# File generated by fglrxconfig (C) ATI Research, a substitute for xf86config.

# Note by ATI: the below copyright notice is there for servicing possibly
# pending third party rights on the file format and the instance of this file.
#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# DRI Section
# **********************************************************************
Section "dri"
# Access to OpenGL ICD is allowed for all users:
Mode 0666
# Access to OpenGL ICD is restricted to a specific user group:
# Group 100 # users
# Mode 0660
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
# Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

# Option "XkbDisable"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9
VertRefresh 50 - 70
Option "DPMS"

# === mode lines based on GTF ===
# VGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "640x480@100" 43.163 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 +hsync +vsync
# SVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "800x600@100" 68.179 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 +hsync +vsync
# XVGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1024x768@100" 113.309 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@60" 81.642 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@85" 119.651 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 +hsync +vsync
# 1152x864 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1152x864@100" 143.472 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@75" 129.859 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x960 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x960@100" 178.992 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 +hsync +vsync
# SXGA @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1280x1024@100" 190.960 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 +hsync +vsync
# SPEA GDM-1950 (60Hz,64kHz,110MHz,-,-): 1280x1024 @ V-freq: 60.00 Hz, H-freq: 63.73 KHz
# Modeline "GDM-1950" 109.62 1280 1336 1472 1720 1024 1024 1026 1062 -hsync -vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 133.142 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004 1035 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 169.128 1600 1704 1880 2160 1000 1001 1004 1044 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 194.202 1600 1712 1888 2176 1000 1001 1004 1050 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1000 @ 100Hz
# Modeline "1600x1000" 232.133 1600 1720 1896 2192 1000 1001 1004 1059 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 136.385 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1027 1030 1060 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 174.416 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1025 1028 1069 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 76Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 170.450 1600 1632 1792 2096 1024 1027 1030 1070 +hsync +vsync
# 1600x1024 @ 85Hz
# Modeline "1600x1024" 198.832 1600 1712 1888 2176 1024 1027 1030 1075 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 172.798 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118 -hsync -vsync
# 1920x1080 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1080" 211.436 1920 2056 2264 2608 1080 1081 1084 1126 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 193.156 1920 2048 2256 2592 1200 1201 1203 1242 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x1200 @ 75Hz
# Modeline "1920x1200" 246.590 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1203 1253 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 2048x1536 @ 60
# Modeline "2048x1536" 266.952 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 +hsync +vsync
# 1400x1050 @ 60Hz M9 Laptop mode
# ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.000 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 25Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@25" 124.620 1920 1928 1980 2048 2400 2401 2403 2434 +hsync +vsync
# 1920x2400 @ 30Hz for IBM T221, VS VP2290 and compatible display devices
# Modeline "1920x2400@30" 149.250 1920 1928 1982 2044 2400 2402 2404 2434 +hsync +vsync

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# installed.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3

EndSection

# === ATI device section ===

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
# ### generic DRI settings ###
# === disable PnP Monitor ===
#Option "NoDDC"
# === disable/enable XAA/DRI ===
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
# === misc DRI settings ===
Option "mtrr" "off" # disable DRI mtrr mapper, driver has its own code for mtrr
# ### FireGL DDX driver module specific settings ###
# === Screen Management ===
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "unspecified"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
# === TV-out Management ===
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
# === OpenGL specific profiles/settings ===
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
# will be disabled automatically
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
# === Center Mode (Laptops only) ===
Option "CenterMode" "off"
# === Pseudo Color Visuals (8-bit visuals) ===
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
# === QBS Management ===
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
# === FSAA Management ===
Option "FSAAEnable" "no"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
# === Misc Options ===
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "yes"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1" # vendor=1002, device=496e
Screen 0
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Server Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen.

Screen "Screen0"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

### EOF ###

OK, in the section "Screen", add a new subsection:

and change DefaultDepth to 8, and see if any of the 8bpp screens are displayable.

So change this...

to this?

If so how do I edit this file from command line. Also how do I save the changes.

No, keep the old Subsection "Display" and add a new one as I described, so you will now have two of them: one for depth 24 and one for depth 8. Then set the DefaultDepth to 8 and try to startx.

Like this?

And also how do I copt this file back from my floppy to the /etc/X11 path?

Ok I managed to get the new config back to its original spot. But same old problem.