HI, i have a very old monitor that i can't get to work on slackware 8.1 , here's what i have done so far :

- I installed mandrake 8.1 (which guessed my monitor and works well under NON-interlaced SVGA 1024x768 @ 60HZ 800x600 @72HZ);

- tried to configure xf86config with all kinds of refresh rates available (of course with the same monitor characteristics i stated before);

since i had installed before slack 8.1 with another monitor(and it worked fine) i am assuming it's a monitor thing rather than video card stuff (but just in case , it's a diamond steath III S540 ).

well i should have saved the output that i got but i didn't , so here is ,more or less ,what i got :



Fatal server error:
no screens found


fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

------------and mostly---------------------------------


fatal server error
addscreen/screeninit failed for driver 0


fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

thanks for any light on the subject

i forgot to say i'm using the S3 savage4 (413 option on videocard database, well i used already standard vga too but it didn't work as well) . BTW what driver is this (addscreen/screeninit failed for driver 0) ?

well thanks a lot

guys , i really need your help here . I spent last night installing slackware (7 times actually) and trying to figure out what is wrong , well i managed to make my monitor work so far but there is a little problem , when i startx ,the screen is too small , and after i Ctrl Alt + it becomes too big , i don`t even know what i did exactly to make it work but here is my XF86Config file

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

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "vesa"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
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 "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
DefaultDepth 16
# DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
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 "Simple 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. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"


BTW in the screen section i changed from defaultdepth 24 to 16 and i manage to run X

please , any comments will be apreciated

<Sigh> I thnk the main reason people are/were not responding is that this has been covered multiple times. It may not be the same problem but there is no indication that you even looked. This is not meant as criticism so don't take it as such, just my impression of the message.

I am not the best at X problems but I will give it a shot.

<rolls up virtual sleeves> OK that said let me give a couple of suggestions.. Are you sure your video card can display 24/32 bit color? Not sure how old that card is. Use lspci to determine the exact chipset that is being used, that should help in determining what driver. My guess is an S3 of some type but I don't know which. We probably want to get you off the vesa framebuffer before we worry about the monitor resolution.

Try moving around your mode lines on Depth 16 to "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768" see if that helps the "size" issue.

Edit: I think the initial problems you were having was with an incorrect video driver BTW, though I could be wrong.

I usually interpret that as XFree could not find the config file. Happens when people use xfree86 -configure and forget to copy over the XF86Config to /etc/X11. I prefer to use xf86config myself but you need to know your hardware.

thanks for answering my "question" mephisto it really helped :

"Try moving around your mode lines on Depth 16 to "800x600" "640x480" "1024x768" see if that helps the "size" issue. "

yeah that fixed it , i think i can only run at 800x600 resolution and i just threw out the rest so now i have a perfectly framed screen when i startx