Slackware 12.0 default vesa xorg.conf - blank screen
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Slackware 12.0 default vesa xorg.conf - blank screen
Hello all, I've just installed Slackware 12.0 on my Toshiba 1805-s273. (Full install) I've been having problems with X as my xorg.conf settings (used in previous slackware versions) don't seem to work anymore. I've read a similar post to this and tried the solutions outlined within, but to no avail. What's confusing is that the Xorg log shows no errors. So I decided to try the vesa xorg.conf that is the default. I'm still getting blank screens. I don't even know where to start to try to troubleshoot this. So just to summarize, I'm using the default xorg.conf (VESA) that comes with Slack, no errors in the Xorg logs, and I'm getting blank screens (I have to cold shutdown to get back up). Where's the next place to look?... Thanks in advance for any help anyone could provide.
Oh, and one more thing (for what it's worth) i tried that mode 0666 for dri uncommented and commented with the same results.
One thing you can do is when it locks up is to hold CTRL+ALT then hit F1...see if this will let you see what's going with X...perhaps there is an error there that you're missing. You could also Ctrl-C it from here to end it. I would also wonder though if you've got some sort incorrect paramter in your xorg.conf file.
Sorry, the model is Toshiba Satellite 1805-s273. I use vga = normal in /etc/lilo.conf. What specific info did you need from lspci? I will try to post the output later. Thanks.
Well, I ruled out hardware problems because it works w/ old xorgs (old as in not modular x) from gentoo 2007.0 live cd and pclinuxos' latest offering as well. Does your Xorg logs end w/ the loading of a DDC module? As there are no errors in my Xorg log, maybe it's because the system locks before it can write out an error...
i just noticed that some of my old options in xorg.conf now kill my system... specifically:
Code:
#Option "AGPFastWrite" "true" # [<bool>]
now locks my computer up. I found that the man radeon page has changed a bit to where they explicitly recommend against this option. It used to work fine in slack11
I don't know what card you have, but you might try a fresh xorgsetup to make a new xorg.conf, then (what I did)
Hello all, I've just installed Slackware 12.0 on my Toshiba 1805-s273. (Full install) I've been having problems with X as my xorg.conf settings (used in previous slackware versions) don't seem to work anymore. I've read a similar post to this and tried the solutions outlined within, but to no avail. What's confusing is that the Xorg log shows no errors. So I decided to try the vesa xorg.conf that is the default. I'm still getting blank screens. I don't even know where to start to try to troubleshoot this. So just to summarize, I'm using the default xorg.conf (VESA) that comes with Slack, no errors in the Xorg logs, and I'm getting blank screens (I have to cold shutdown to get back up). Where's the next place to look?... Thanks in advance for any help anyone could provide.
Oh, and one more thing (for what it's worth) i tried that mode 0666 for dri uncommented and commented with the same results.
Thanks again everyone.
I assume your using an intel i810 or i830 chipset as it is a bug in the x config that debian has patched but not slack yet, might take a look at xorg to see if they have a fix for u probaly
The card is a Trident Cyberblade card. In the past xorg has used the trident driver. Unfortunately there's not much (new) info using this card and the new xorg. I've read most of the articles that google's given me but, none of them cover the new modular xorg. What's got me stumped is that even the default xorg.conf that Pat provides doesn't even work and it's always worked for me, even in 11.0.
So far I've tried the "NoDDC" option, the "DPMS" option, the DRI mode 0666 option... with the same results. I'm going to re-install 11.0 and diff that xorg.conf w/ a 12.0 one... along the lines of what bioe007 suggested. In the mean time, if anyone can shed _any_ light or point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. I appreciate everyone's help who has replied. Thank you.
00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1632M Northbridge+Trident (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 0
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
Capabilities: [b0] AGP version 1.0
Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 1
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: fe000000-ff7fffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 40000000-400fffff
00:02.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at fdfff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
00:04.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) (prog-if f0)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 255
[virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
[virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
I/O ports at eff0 [size=16]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
I/O ports at ed00 [size=256]
Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0004
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1
00:08.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
Flags: medium devsel
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 Ethernet Pro 100 (rev 08)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems 8255x-based Fast Ethernet
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
Memory at fdffd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
I/O ports at eb40 [size=64]
Memory at fde00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
00:11.0 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 40100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 30000000-33fff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 34000000-37fff000
I/O window 0: 00001000-000010ff
I/O window 1: 00001400-000014ff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
00:11.1 CardBus bridge: Toshiba America Info Systems ToPIC100 PCI to Cardbus Bridge with ZV Support (rev 32)
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
Memory at 40101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
Memory window 0: 38000000-3bfff000 (prefetchable)
Memory window 1: 3c000000-3ffff000
I/O window 0: 00001800-000018ff
I/O window 1: 00001c00-00001cff
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 5d) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Unknown device 0001
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 8, IRQ 11
Memory at ff000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
Memory at fefe0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
Memory at fe000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8M]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
Capabilities: [80] AGP version 1.0
Capabilities: [90] Power Management version 1
xorg.conf
Code:
# File generated by xorgconfig.
#
# Copyright 2004 The X.Org Foundation
#
# 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 X.Org Foundation 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 X.Org Foundation 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 X.Org Foundation.
#
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf(5x) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# 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 font modules
# Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"
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/share/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)
#
#
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/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 <Ctrl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.
# Option "DontVTSwitch"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
# Option "DontZap"
# Uncomment this to disable the <Ctrl><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 "kbd"
# 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" "pc105"
# 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 Xorg
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""
# Option "XkbDisable"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier and driver
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "256"
# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.
# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"
# Mouse wheel mapping. Default is to map vertical wheel to buttons 4 & 5,
# horizontal wheel to buttons 6 & 7. Change if your mouse has more than
# 3 buttons and you need to map the wheel to different button ids to avoid
# conflicts.
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button 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 xorg.conf 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 "My Monitor"
# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.
VertRefresh 50-90
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
# intalled.
# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"
# VideoRam 256
# Clocks 25.2 28.3
EndSection
# Device configured by xorgconfig:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Driver "trident"
#VideoRam 8192
# 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 "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
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"
# 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
# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection
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