No Video Bios Modes For Chosen Depth
 

heyy.......i hv encountered a strange problem....i cannot install fedora 7.0 using graphical mode..if i do so it gives an error like X SERVER failed....so i had to do all the installation part in text mode.. i created partitions n the packages installation part was over but now when i start my pc.m prompted for entering a localhost username and password , after providing that i mnt driven to fedora desktop but instead i get a prompt like [root@localhost~]#...on the same black screen....i tried with startx command and init 5 in this prompt but the log gave a result that there was error like "NO VIDEO BIOS MODES FOR CHOSEN DEPTH"..what should i do now???? i don't have any idea for how should i enter GUI ....plzzzzzz help experts!!!

Sounds like you may have an nvidia or Ati graphics interface, solutions have been posted many many times here in the Fedora Forum; http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/ in fact is is a 'sticky' and at the top of the forum.

Your xorg.conf is setup wrong. The error that you are getting, I think, means that your trying to start the xserver with a resolution that your videocard/monitor/drivers cannot support.

To fix this go log in as root and type vi /etx/X11/xorg.conf. This will open up the xorg.conf file so you can edit it. I'm assuming you won't know how to use vi either, but all you need to know for now is that there are two modes. A command mode (what you start in) and a edit mode (where you type shit). to get to edit mode just hi 'i' and to get back to command mode just hit esc.

Now navigate through the file towards the bottom and you will see a section with resolutions in it. Under the one that is for 24 bit color put the resolutions that your monitor/videocard will support. The 1st one(farthest to the left) is the one that the xserver will try to start in.

You also may need to change your horizontal and verticle sync values. I don't remember what this looks like off hand but it's around there somewhere. It should I believe be two seperate lines, one for horizontal and one for verticle, and they will be in ranges with one decimal place if I remember correctly. Look up your monitor online if you don't already know and change these values.

Finally to save the file go into command mode (hit esc), and type either :wq! (including the :, this tells vi you are entering a command) or hold shit and press Z twice. Now try and startx again.

If this still doesn't work please post your /var/log/xorg.0.log(I think this is the right name) and we can look at it. Also what kind of videocard do you have? Maybe you don't have the appropriate drivers installed.

In the username section i entered root, then my password...i got the usual localhost@root# prompt i entered there vi/etx/X11/xorg.conf as u said but it showed an error file not found!!!! how come thats possible i think installation part is ok....i created 3 partitions
/boot -200mb
/ -4000mb
swap -1000mb

nothings wrong wid that i suppose!!!!
whats wrong then???:confused:

There was a typo---you want:
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf (note also the space after vi)

If you are not familiar with vi, you might find nano a bit easier.

haha, sorry about that :( I should have reread my post. Also if you didn't know you can hit tab for auto-completion of commands. for instance if you type /et then hit tab it would change it to /etc/ since etc is the only file or directory that starts with /et

okay now thats what i did type actually in [root@localhost~]#
cd /etc
cd X11
nano xorg.conf

i donno what to edit there i get sum section display
i'll tell u bout screen layout
identifier "screen0"
device "videocard0"
defaultdepth 24
subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 24
.....then at the end i got some options like ^v i donno how to use em...did'nt edited nything till now bcoz i donno what to edit
if this needs my monitor config i can give
do tell what to do plzz!!!

ok that's where you need to look. Under the subsection "display" you need to add the following line:

That will tell the xserver what videomodes you want to start in. Change those to ones you want/can support though. And like I said earlier, it reads from the left to the right, so it will use the one farthest to the left initially. Here's what my xorg.conf looks like for the screen section if that gives you a better picture:

you may also need to find the monitor section and change it as well, it will look like this:

For a complete description of the xorg.conf file, do "man xorg.conf". The same document is available here.

As already stated, you need your monitor specs--particularly the horiz and vertical sync frequencies.

Did you look at the link supplied by Lenard?

Here is a very minimal subset of my xorg.conf (just the parts relating to card, monitor, and screen:

To the extent I understand it, you only need the correct frequencies and one mode that your monitor will support. Interestingly, with this setup, the GUI display control panel still shows a bunch of other modes. I think these are what is called the "standard VESA modes". (I'm still learning...)

Note also that vendor names, model #s, etc. are not required.

section "serverlayout"
identifier "default layout"
screen 0 "screen" 0 0
input device "keyboard 0" "core keyboard"
endsection

section "input device"
identifier "keyboard0"
driver "kbd"
option "xkbdmodel" "pc105"
option "xkblayout" "us"
endsection

section "device"
identifier "videocard0"
driver "i810"
endsection

section "screen"
identifier "screen0"
device "videocard0"
defaultdepth 24
subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 24
endsubsection

endsection



thats wat i saw when i did nano xorg.conf
i added one thing Modes to subsection display part
edited it to
subsection "display"
viewport 0 0
depth 24
Modes "800x600" "1024x768" "1152x864" "640x480"
endsubsection
endsection

and i saved that to xorg.conf....[note i've used ex symbol on keyboard bcoz we don hav a multiplic sign for tat resolution part...hope that is okay]
but now when i startx i get an errorfatal server error
caught signal 11 server aborting
XIO :fatal IO error 104(connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests(0 known processed) with 0 events remaining

i hvnt yet made ny changes wid monitor part its not displayed actually using nano xconf.org
thats my monitor ratings i found using astro32!!

viewable size 13.8"
aspect ratio 4.3
horizontal size 28sm
vertical size 21sm
vertical freq 50-120hz
horizontal freq 30-55 khz
supported modes
mode1 640x480 @60hz[vga]
mode2 640x480 @75hz[vesa]
mode3 800x600 @60hz[vesa]
mode4 640x480 @60hz
mode5 640x480 @85hz
mode6 800x600 @85hz
mode7 1024x768 @60hz
mode8 1152x864 @60hz

i hvnt still provide sum other details like edid version n others...if sum specific data still remaining do tell....now i think i should get what exactly to edit!!!
thanks for ur previous attempts!! waiting for suggestions....

Your xorg.conf does not appear to have a Monitor section. Also, the Screen section has to have "monitor" as one of its entries.

Look at the example I supplied.

Here, add this to your xorg.conf:

And then under the Screen section add the line: Monitor "monitor0"

The command for fedora 7 to set or reset the xorg.conf file is;

system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=24 --set-resolution=1024x768 --set-driver=i810

No vi, no nano, no editing needed this will write a new /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. For additional options use;

system-config-display --help

and read: info system-config-display

okay i m done with changing monitor settings n also doin tat system-config-display
about monitor settings changing in xorg.conf.....it did'nt worked still it was no use
then that system-config-display command gave an error sayin" COULDNOT START X SERVER, TRYIN WITH FRESH CONFIGURATION , ERROR FAILED TO START X SERVER.
n again that root@localhost# prompt left
i have read something about 915resolution
check this out!!!
http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/
i've downloaded the file frm this on my xp.. my documents
i need to mount n install it in linux that would change my system file .....i donno nything about mounting...plzz read it n tell if mounting would work....n tell me in detail how to do that????
thanks..

One you state you have Fedora 7 (from your first post), so why follow directions for a different distrabution???

Second, installing the 915 resolution packages is done by typing something like;

yum install 915resolution

Sorry, but the Red Hat family (which fedora is part of) does not support the NTFS filesystem 'out of the box', for this you need to do something like; yum install ntfs-3g

Then you can mount the ntfs partition by typing something like;

mkdir /mnt/Windows (you need someplace to mount the partition to)
mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /media/Windows

Then one can add a line entry to the /etc/fstab file which simplifies this, example below;
You may want to bookmark:

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
http://www.fedorafaq.org/
http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/f7-tips.php

.

I've got fat32 system on my windows....installed that file in drive d, now this is whta i did when i booted my pc wid fedora at root@localhost# prompt
mkdir /mnt /d
fdisk -l
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/d
cd /mnt/d
ls
cd 915
ls
cp 915resolution /root /utility
cd /root /utility
make install
su
915resolution -l
915resolution 42 800 600 24
cd
startx
......n i got the x fail error
now tell me what went wrong at what stage???
n why this did'nt work?????

what must be done now????? plzzzz reply!!

Fedora 7 has an rpm package named 915resolution, so check if it is installed;

rpm -qa 915resolution

If not then install it;

yum install 915resolution

If you do not have a working Internet connection using Fedora 7 then download it:

32-bit: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...1.fc7.i386.rpm

64-bit: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...fc7.x86_64.rpm

To install type as root: rpm -Uvh 915resolution*.rpm

Finally see: http://www.linlap.com/wiki/Configuri...+Linux#Fedora7

.

okay i did the installation of 915resolution
then i did then i did nano -w /etc/sysconfig/915resolution
it was empty!!!!!!
i added there RESOLUTION="43 800 600"
did ctrl+x
n now typed in tat # prompt
chkconfig --add 915resolution
chkconfig 915resolution on
startx
and i got the error no screens found!!!!!
IS THERE NO WAY TO DEAL WITH 82845G ADAPTER........915resolution i think is just addin a resolution 800x600 to be initiated with but i don't think it edits my xorg.conf file nywayz....as u know my xorg.conf file is BAD ...nothings initiated there..no monitor section.. the server layout contained
screen 0 "screen0" 0 0
then it does not have ny module section, no file section!!!!
editing tat file so much manually is impossible....no automatic utility to edit it??
has 915resolution thing fixed dis kind of problem with 82845G b4 or it futile tryin it dis way???
plzzz suggest sumthing i've started hating my graphic adapter!!!!!

As I suggested earlier;

system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=24 --set-resolution=800x600 --set-driver=i810

AS I SAID EARLIER.........i have already tried this but it wat i got after typing this all was [root@localhost`]# prompt
then if i do startx
i get an error sayin NO VIDEO BIOS FOR CHOSEN DEPTH
X SERVER FAILED TO START ON CARD 0
so the solution seems that the problem cannot be solved!!!

and one thing i forgot to tell that i have installed that 32bit .rpm file successfully but when i tried that with 64bit one it just threw an error off!!!!!!

finally worked out....got to see the fedora desktop 4 the 1st time!!!!!
thanks a lottt.....but the thing is i'mnt gettin good resolution.....as i said i was successful in installin the 32-bit rpm file u gave...the 64 bit one did'nt actually worked out.....i hv made the resolution to 16bit 800x600
is their any better resolution
n yes plzz tell me how to set permanently those resolution...u know everytime i start my pc i have to go wid that system-config commands!!!
thanks!!

lol
 

nopez dear....tht 64 bit wont install coz u dont have a 64 bit processor....the two files r meant for 32 bit n 64 bit platforms respectively!

and regarding the bad resolution...now tht u can c ur desktop...try making some changes thru the available UI thru ur display settings....
alo...do not forget to check on something like show available display modes for my monitor in the dialog box there...this would ensure tht u dont select an unavailable display mode tht might result in ur monitor going out of sync...
applying these settings would modify ur xorg.conf and hopefully the x server will start wit a relogin....al the best!

viewable size 13.8"
aspect ratio 4.3
horizontal size 28sm
vertical size 21sm
vertical freq 50-120hz
horizontal freq 30-55 khz
supported modes
mode1 640x480 @60hz[vga]
mode2 640x480 @75hz[vesa]
mode3 800x600 @60hz[vesa]
mode4 640x480 @60hz
mode5 640x480 @85hz
mode6 800x600 @85hz
mode7 1024x768 @60hz
mode8 1152x864 @60hz



that was what my monitor configurations were i gave them earlier!!!
i've done system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=16 --set-resolution=800x600 --set-driver=i810
then startx
but i saw a really bad resolution the kind of safe mode one
i tried with 32 bit depth the same resolution but i got error sayin 32 bit is not supported by i810
i tried resolutions with 8 bit also...sum were okay...but the thing is my fedora screen is inclined to right sumwat...theirs a left black margin left alwayz!!!!...is their nyway to adjust horizontal,vertical frequencies using that system-config command????
can fixing those frequencies give abetter resolution(picture covering whole screen) ????

Resolution Problem
 

hey there........i recently had a problem with starting fedora in GUI bcoz i have 82845G graphic adapter....so i used to get root@localhost# prompt immmediately after logging in as root (not in GUI but the prompt was in dos mode type)....i fixed that prob doin this
[root@localhost`]# system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=16 --set-resolution=800x600 --set-driver=i810
then i got another [root@localhost`]# prompt where i typed startx
n to my surprise i cud enter fedora desktop 4 the first time!!!
but now the problem is that the resolution i am gettin is not so good and my fedora desktop in sumwhat more to rightside so i get a black broad margin at the left!!
i tried to fix this prob by setting depth-32 in system-config part but i got an error saying 32 is not supported by i810.....wid 8 depth i tried some other resolutions but did'nt worked .......n one thing mu xorg.conf file doesnot contains anything about monitor section and horizontal-vertrefresh frequencies....is that the reason m not gettin good resolution??? while in GUI i'm unable to fix the prom by goin to display settings ..it shows only 1 resolution 640x480..no other options 4 changing the resolution there!!!
plzz help!!!!

Open a terminal session and use: xvidtune

FYI: support color depths are 4, 8, 16, and 24 reviewing the /var/log/Xorg.0.log can be helpful.

okay...no replies met yet...can nyone tell me how to find out what resolutions are supported by one's monitor???
if i add a mode of resolution in xorg.conf file which is not supported by my monitor then do startx....can that crash my monitor???

The monitor manual should have specs on Horiz and Vert scan rates + maybe a list of supported modes. X won't work in a mode that goes beyond the monitor limitations in the "Monitor" section of xorg.conf.

normally all that is required is the correct rates in "Monitor", and the maximum resolution in "Screen". Lower resolutions will be available in the GUI control panel.

If you can' find specs on your monitor, post a description here and we can get you close enough.


Can you crash or damage you monitor? In principle, yes---but I think most modern monitors protect themselves and simply refuse to run.

i see a 32 bit true color 800x600 resolution on my windows xp
this means 32 bit resolution must work wid my pc
when in case of fedora doing
system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=32 --set-resolution=800x600 --set-driver=i810
startx
i get this error
(EE)(I810)- 32-BIT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY I830
wats tat I830, how it has come into play...my driver is i810 then???
does this means i should stop dreaming bout 32-bit?? and work with 8bit 1280x1024.....thats what m currently working at!!!

I merged your two threads on the same topic ... :}


Cheers,
Tink

Windows 32bit color != Linux or Everything else.

32bit color means 24bit color with an 8 bit (alpha?) mask.

so 32bit color in windows = 24bit color in the real world.

I'm not sure what i830 is, but I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe it's the controller for the adaptor or something? If someone woudln't mind commenting on this, I'd like to know just out of curiousity.

none the less, use 24 bit color

Or 16-bit color;

system-config-display --reconfig --set-depth=XX --set-resolution=1280x1024 --set-driver=i810

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...inux*&lang=eng


hmmmmm.. i can see my fedora desktop ....tats one of the beeeg achievements i've managed....but the thing is as i said i can run only 8 bit and 16 bit resolutions...24 bit and 32bit don't just work(meaning startx)fails wid them.......to add to this there's a new prob that CAIRO does not supports 8-bit resolution so network-configuration keeps on crashing if i select that depth...
so m left with only 1 choice... THE 16 BIT RESOLUTION
16 bit resolutions i tried all were miserable.....doing xvidtune cud'nt even shift my screen to left a bit it gave an error " this mode is not supported by your hardware configuration" so actually xvidtune went useless it cud'nt just edit ny damn thing on my screen!!!
A new thing i read gave sum hope about installing i810 82845G driver provided for linux...so i downloaded .tar.gz file from
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Deta...inux*&lang=eng
xtracted that n tried installing using bash install.sh
(install.sh was n executable code included in that file)
i got 2 options to install driver or to remove
i did install driver and got an error while(it was gathering os information) == operator expected...failed to compile no compiler found
installation aborted...........m left blank now!!!......things don't really work with 82845G
ALL PPL OUT HERE MADE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS........really admire em......but if sum patience still left to sort the unsolved???????

I think you need gcc (for C) or g++(for C++). That will fix the complaint about failing to find a compiler. Then try and reinstall those drivers.

I c there's some problem wit ur kernel modules....coz i got an error wit the kernel modules on FC7!(i dont have an 82845 display adapter but the install process aborted even before detecting the card...!)

the error details have been saved in dri.log file of the same directory..!
it will be helpful for the linux gurus and senior members over here if u could just paste the contents of ur log file!
p.s: do not note the entire thing down on paper as u have been doing until now...a wiser thing would be to mount ur windows drive automatically during startup by editting the /etc/fstab.conf file and then copying the log file to your windows drive so that it is acessible on windows!tell me if u got problems with editting the fstab.conf file....

echo '/dev/windrive /mnt/windows ntfs ro 1 0' >> /etc/fstab

replace /dev/windrive with wherever your windows drive is located at. /mnt/windows can be any directory this is just where the drive will be mounted at. Be sure to make this directory if it does not already exist though.

If your not sure how to find out where your windows drive is located at, it'll either be /dev/hdXX if it's an ide drive or sdXX if it's an sata drive. the first X is the drive number and the second X is the partition number on that drive. I don't know if there's a better way but I always just run cfdisk /dev/hdX (no need for a partition number) and just try different combinations of what you think it might be.

If anyone knows a better way to find this out please say as I'd like to know myself. I'm sure there's probably a way to just list them or something.

make -C /lib/modules/2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen/build SUBDIRS=/root/dripkg/agpgart-2.0 modules
make: *** /lib/modules/2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen/build: No such file or directory. Stop.
make: *** [default] Error 2
Makefile.linux:151: *** Cannot find a kernel config file. Stop.


tats my log file wen i install drivers!!!!!!!
plzz see the prob ......
i get an error like need new kernel modules to compile
now how do i get those new kernel modules?????
does anyone know how to interpret that log file????? i don't have any idea as how to rectify this new prob!!!!
u c m a newbee.......so if any one cud help...it wud be great!!!!
thanks!!!!!!

The monitor section is missing in fedora 7
 

I have the exact same problem. I have a monitor which is not recognized by redhat or fedora. On earlier releases of fedora I solved the problem as pointed out above, by manually editing the frequencies. On fedora 7, there simply is no monitor section.

Graphics still work though, if you first boot into runlevel 3, logging in as root and then writing "init 5". If I however start with runlevel 5, by for example editing /boot/grub/grub.conf or /etc/inittab the monitor fails due to wrong frequencies.

Any idears?

just make a monitor section and add in the necessary information

even i've tried editing xorg.conf.......it did'nt have a monitor section so i'v added a monitor section to section screen
n then made a seprate monitor section
identifier "monitor0"
horizsync 30.0-55.0
vertrefresh 50.0-120.0
endsection
also i've added modes like 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 in display section
edited the depth to 16

saved it all as xorg.conf n did startx but no use i get bad resolution besides when i go to display and check the screen resolution it shows 640x480.....means nothing has changed editing xorg.conf....whatever resolution i make doing system-config commands at 16 depth i get the same display n m unable to get rid off 640x480...there r no other resolution options in display setteings other than this!!!!
i could have found a way out had my network been configured ....i hv an adsl broadband connection (xdsl).....everytime i try and activate it i get an error /usr/sbin/adsl -start line 217:3424 terminated $ connect "$@" >/dev/null
2>&1
my ethernet device is globespanvirata smartAX mt882........can ny one interpret what the error means bcoz i guess if i'm able to configure network then i have solutions to this resolution problem!

weird xorg
 

Here's the deal. It seems like the nvidia driver for fedora (livna respo) which is fairly awesome btw correctly detects both card and screen and can do all kind so nice things... It can also be used to rewrite the xorg.conf file with correct information such as a monitor section. I tried both this and before it manually adding a monitor section.

Still, it almost seems like what is written in the xorg.conf doesn't matters... or it matters, but not as much as it used to in eralier versions. If there is some typo startup complains. But whether I have a monitor section (with correct values) or not doesn't seem to matter. I still need to boot to runlevel 3 and then start runlevel 5 for things to work. If I try to initiate 5 from the beginning the screen complains about frequencies and then it frezees (A few times it has actually continued booting and after a few minutes worked as it should)


Anyone a clue?

xdsl activation required
 

seems...........nobody uses a broadband connection!!!!
i really needed to activate my xdsl connection...... to getsome solution to the driver installation prob....but just can't get rid of the error......ny suggestions?????????
nobody's got n idea bout tat or wat???

Always on settings didnt work on ur distro....
that may be probably due to a bad DNS address or also coz of an improper USB driver!
Im trying to search the USB driver for ur router i.e SmartAX MT882 so that u get ur connection right and then go for a straight yum install...!

hmmm.......hope there's a USB driver for free download.....
i found that difficult googling!!
not interested in a free graphic card till i get my fedora screen working good with 82845G!!!!:rolleyes:

thanks!!!!
i've finally fixed the prob!
increased my video mem frm 1mb to 8mb......
n its up n working nw!!!!
true forum!

Great news!
where on earth did it strike u to increase the video memory??

This perhaps was the first solution i read googling....but did'nt pay much attention....as usual twisting things!;) this nw is d last soln i read back on orkut!!...sumtimes it helps!!
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?c...003474&start=1
mesmerized finally!!!...have'nt switched to windows since then! :rolleyes:
thnks!!!