Debian newbie needs help: startx error

niceday · 07-23-2007, 03:45 AM

Hi. I am trying out some linux-distros on a Dell dimension 9100 with two harddisks: the first with windows xp, the second so far with Fedora and Slackware. I want to add Debian (40r0, Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-686) to the second hd.

Installation from the netinstall CD went ok but after reboot I type startx and get "Fatal server error: no screens found".

I also had a startx-problem in Slackware which (i think) had to do with a missing driver for my Ati Radeon X300 video card. After a lot of googling i solved that with:
as root:

Code:

# init 3
# cd /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386
# rpm -Uvh fgl*.rpm
# ldconfig
# aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# sax 2 -r -m 0=fglrx

(adjust screen resolution, end program...)

# reboot

Unfortunately this doesn't work in Debian. Is there a way to translate these commands to Debian? Or do I have to do something completely different?

Here is the debian contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

Code:

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux dhcppc1 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 04 April 2007
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jul 23 11:06:57 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "DELL E153FP"
(**) |   |-->Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist.
	Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.

...

(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Module ABI versions:
	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
	X.Org Video Driver: 1.0
	X.Org XInput driver : 0.6
	X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
	X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,2770 card 1028,01a7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,2771 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1c:0: chip 8086,27d0 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:4: chip 8086,27e0 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1c:5: chip 8086,27e2 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,27c8 card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,27c9 card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,27ca card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:3: chip 8086,27cb card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,27cc card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,244e card 0000,0000 rev e1 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,27b8 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,27df card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:2: chip 8086,27c1 card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 01,06,01 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,27da card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,5b60 card 1002,0602 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:00:1: chip 1002,5b70 card 1002,0603 rev 00 class 03,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:04:0: chip 1102,0007 card 1102,1007 rev 00 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:05:0: chip 14f1,2f20 card 14f1,200f rev 00 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:08:0: chip 8086,27dc card 1028,01a7 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Intel Bridge workaround enabled
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,5), 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: 0x000a (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000d000 - 0x0000dfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xefd00000 - 0xefefffff (0x200000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:28:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xefc00000 - 0xefcfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:28:4), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:28:5), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0002 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 5 I/O range:
	[0] -1	0	0x0000c000 - 0x0000cfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
	[0] -1	0	0xefb00000 - 0xefbfffff (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 RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] rev 0, Mem @ 0xec000000/25, 0xefde0000/16, I/O @ 0xdc00/8, BIOS @ 0xefe00000/17
(--) PCI: (1:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE] rev 0, Mem @ 0xefdf0000/16
(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	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xefbef000 - 0xefbeffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xefbf0000 - 0xefbfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xeffffc00 - 0xefffffff (0x400) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xefe00000 - 0xefe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
	[5] -1	0	0xefde0000 - 0xefdeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[6] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0x0000ccc0 - 0x0000ccff (0x40) IX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x0000cc98 - 0x0000cc9f (0x8) IX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x0000cca0 - 0x0000ccbf (0x20) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x0000fea0 - 0x0000febf (0x20) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0xefdf0000 - 0xefdfffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0xefbef000 - 0xefbeffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[1] -1	0	0xefbf0000 - 0xefbfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0xeffffc00 - 0xefffffff (0x400) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xefe00000 - 0xefe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
	[5] -1	0	0xefde0000 - 0xefdeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[6] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
	[7] -1	0	0x0000ccc0 - 0x0000ccff (0x40) IX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0x0000cc98 - 0x0000cc9f (0x8) IX[B]
	[9] -1	0	0x0000cca0 - 0x0000ccbf (0x20) IX[B]
	[10] -1	0	0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
	[11] -1	0	0x0000fea0 - 0x0000febf (0x20) IX[B]
	[12] -1	0	0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
	[0] -1	0	0xefdf0000 - 0xefdfffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
	[0] -1	0	0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
	[1] -1	0	0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[2] -1	0	0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
	[3] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
	[4] -1	0	0xefbef000 - 0xefbeffff (0x1000) MX[B]
	[5] -1	0	0xefbf0000 - 0xefbfffff (0x10000) MX[B]
	[6] -1	0	0xeffffc00 - 0xefffffff (0x400) MX[B]
	[7] -1	0	0xffa80800 - 0xffa80bff (0x400) MX[B]
	[8] -1	0	0xefe00000 - 0xefe1ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
	[9] -1	0	0xefde0000 - 0xefdeffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[10] -1	0	0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
	[11] -1	0	0xefdf0000 - 0xefdfffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
	[12] -1	0	0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
	[13] -1	0	0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
	[14] -1	0	0x0000ccc0 - 0x0000ccff (0x40) IX[B]
	[15] -1	0	0x0000cc98 - 0x0000cc9f (0x8) IX[B]
	[16] -1	0	0x0000cca0 - 0x0000ccbf (0x20) IX[B]
	[17] -1	0	0x0000ece0 - 0x0000ecff (0x20) IX[B]
	[18] -1	0	0x0000fea0 - 0x0000febf (0x20) IX[B]
	[19] -1	0	0x0000fe30 - 0x0000fe33 (0x4) IX[B]
	[20] -1	0	0x0000fe20 - 0x0000fe27 (0x8) IX[B]
	[21] -1	0	0x0000fe10 - 0x0000fe13 (0x4) IX[B]
	[22] -1	0	0x0000fe00 - 0x0000fe07 (0x8) IX[B]
	[23] -1	0	0x0000ffa0 - 0x0000ffaf (0x10) IX[B]
	[24] -1	0	0x00000374 - 0x00000374 (0x1) IX[B]
	[25] -1	0	0x00000170 - 0x00000170 (0x1) IX[B]
	[26] -1	0	0x000003f4 - 0x000003f4 (0x1) IX[B]
	[27] -1	0	0x000001f0 - 0x000001f0 (0x1) IX[B]
	[28] -1	0	0x0000ff20 - 0x0000ff3f (0x20) IX[B]
	[29] -1	0	0x0000ff40 - 0x0000ff5f (0x20) IX[B]
	[30] -1	0	0x0000ff60 - 0x0000ff7f (0x20) IX[B]
	[31] -1	0	0x0000ff80 - 0x0000ff9f (0x20) IX[B]
	[32] -1	0	0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B](B)
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.2.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 2.1.0
	Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
	ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
(II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 6.6.3
	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
	compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.1
	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.6.3) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets:
	ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 ML (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PA (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PB (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PC (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PD (PCI),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PE (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro GL PF (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PG (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PH (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PI (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PJ (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PK (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PL (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PM (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PN (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PO (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PP (PCI),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PQ (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PR (PCI),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PS (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PT (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PU (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PV (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PW (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro VR PX (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 GL RE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 GL RF (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 RG (AGP), ATI Rage 128 VR RK (PCI),
	ATI Rage 128 VR RL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 4X SE (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 4X SF (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 4X SG (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 4X SH (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 4X SK (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 4X SL (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 4X SM (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 4X SN (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TF (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TL (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TR (AGP),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TS (AGP?), ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TT (AGP?),
	ATI Rage 128 Pro ULTRA TU (AGP?)
(II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets: ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
	ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
	ATI Radeon VE/7000 QY (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon VE/7000 QZ (AGP/PCI),
	ATI ES1000 515E (PCI), ATI ES1000 5969 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP),
	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7 LX (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),
	ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136, ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,
	ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137,
	ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
	ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+) 4237, ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP 4437,
	ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9100 QM (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BC (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP/PCI), ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9) Ld (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lg (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5) 5834,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3) 5835, ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP 7834,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP 7835, ATI Radeon 9250 5960 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9200SE 5964 (AGP), ATI FireMV 2200 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C61 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX AF (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Z1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX NF (AGP),
	ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600 AP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600SE AQ (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP), ATI FireGL T2 AT (AGP),
	ATI FireGL RV360 AV (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NQ (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11) NR (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NS (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11) NV (AGP), ATI Radeon 9650,
	ATI Radeon 9800SE AH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 AI (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9800 AJ (AGP), ATI FireGL X2 AK (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP),
	ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV380) 3E50 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380) 3E54 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE), ATI Radeon X300 (RV370) 5B60 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV370) 5B62 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370) 5B64 (PCIE),
	ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370) 5B65 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C) 5462 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL M22 GL 5464 (PCIE), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A41 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A42 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A61 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A62 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5954 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5974 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5975 (PCIE), ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JH (AGP), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420) JI (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R420) JJ (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JK (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JL (AGP), ATI FireGL X3 (R420) JM (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18) JN (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800XT (R420) JP (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420) (AGP),
	ATI Radeon AIW X800 VE (R420) JT (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800 (R423) UH (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423) UI (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800LE (R423) UJ (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R423) UK (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V5100 (R423) UQ (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UR (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UT (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800XT (R423) 5D57 (PCIE), ATI FireGL V7100 (R423) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800 (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 5D4C (PCIE),
	ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480) 5D50 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP)
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI:  Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]".
(WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!
(WW) ATI:  PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 could not be detected!
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

and /etc/X11/xorg.conf (debian)

Code:

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

....

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
	# path to defoma fonts
	FontPath	"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
	Driver		"ati"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"DELL E153FP"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
	Monitor		"DELL E153FP"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

Thanks!

b0uncer · 07-23-2007, 04:58 AM

Here's the problem (EE stands for error):

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceday

(WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!
(WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 could not be detected!
(EE) No devices detected.

Not sure what it's talking about mach64.

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceday

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

I usually see "radeon" as the driver instead of "ati" here, for Radeon cards. Dunno, though, I don't use ATI card myself.

You can fiddle with the values in xorg.conf but if you don't want to do it manually, there are usually one or more scripts that try to automate the process of creating a working xorg.conf. First it's a good idea to make a backup of your current config, so you don't at least make things worse:

Code:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

then try to find out what kind of X configuration scripts there is on your system: if you're using BASH you have TAB completion, which means you can type a few of the first letters of a command and press TAB once or twice to make BASH guess the rest and show you what there is available. Try to complete 'X', 'x', 'xorg', 'Xconf' and so on. If you find one, run it and see if it helps.

What you did with the other OS was to install fglrx drivers, the ATI proprietary display drivers for cards newer than Radeon8500. Debian tries not to include any non-free/opensource/otherfancy software, so there might not be fglrx drivers available for you. I wonder why you ran 'rpm' with Slackware, I know it's available, but you shouldn't be using it anyway (Slackware uses .tar.gz packages, not .rpm). Well glad it worked. If the Debian reposities don't have fglrx, you can get it directly from ATI. First Debian way (assuming you have internet connection): as root

Code:

apt-get install fglrx

and if it can't find 'fglrx', try guessing some other good names for it. If you simply can't find it, surf to ATI site -> Download and get the proper installation package for your distribution, along with the directions (README or HOWTO or something). Read carefully what you need before installing using that installer, and then go ahead.

niceday · 07-23-2007, 07:53 AM

Thanks for your reply. I changed "ati" to "radeon" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf like you said and after reboot, first I got a black screen with 'Cannot Display This Video Mode' but it auto-adjusted and gave me a nice blue GUI-login screen! So i guess the video driver is working!!

The problem now is that I can't get passed the login screen. When I login as normal user the screen turns black and then goes back to the login screen without any warnings or errors. Logging in as root is not allowed.

I tried login with Failsafe and that gave me:

Code:

There was an error setting up interprocess communications for KDE. 
The message returned by the system was:
    
    Could not read network connection list. 
    /home/hans/.DCOPserver_dhcppc1_0

Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!

After that I get a console-window on a blue background. How do i complete the installation of debian from here? (I also downloaded and burned the 21 installation CD's in case there is no internet connection). I tried apt-get install kde-desktop, but this package was not found.

Thanks.

niceday · 07-23-2007, 09:54 AM

mmmm.... just messed up a few things i'm afraid. I figured out that there had to be an ownership-problem of the shared /home directory. i had chosen the same username in fedora, slackware and debian. After the debian-installation-attempt I got an error when logging in in fedora:

Code:

User's $HOME/.dmc file is being ignored. 
This Prevents the default session and language from being saved. 
File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. 
User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writeable by other users

and after that:

Code:

the GNOME session manager was unable to lock the file '/home/hans/.ICE authority'.  (...) 
Sometimes this error may occur if the file's directory is unwritable, 
you could try logging in via the failsafe session and ensuring that it is.

So in an attempt to solve the problem i logged in as root in fedora and added a new user and deleted the old. this worked for fedora but resulted in a kernel panic in slackware (hopefully i can find my installation notes!):

Code:

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unkown-block (8,18)

in fedora i tried to repair it by re-adding the old username but that did not change anything. And i still have the same problem in debian...

Any suggestions to put things back to normal very welcome!

niceday · 07-23-2007, 03:29 PM

i gave every distro a different username and did a fresh install of debian. After changing ati to radeon again (thanks b0uncer!) i tried startx and after the login screen a beautiful desktop appeared! I also managed to get into slackware again (there are 4 of them in the grubmenu, two of them still give kernel panic, have to do some grub/lilo adjustments).

Anyway, i can explore all three distros now!

masinick · 07-23-2007, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceday

mmmm.... just messed up a few things i'm afraid. I figured out that there had to be an ownership-problem of the shared /home directory. i had chosen the same username in fedora, slackware and debian. After the debian-installation-attempt I got an error when logging in in fedora:

Code:

User's $HOME/.dmc file is being ignored. 
This Prevents the default session and language from being saved. 
File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. 
User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writeable by other users

and after that:

Code:

the GNOME session manager was unable to lock the file '/home/hans/.ICE authority'.  (...) 
Sometimes this error may occur if the file's directory is unwritable, 
you could try logging in via the failsafe session and ensuring that it is.

So in an attempt to solve the problem i logged in as root in fedora and added a new user and deleted the old. this worked for fedora but resulted in a kernel panic in slackware (hopefully i can find my installation notes!):

Code:

Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unkown-block (8,18)

in fedora i tried to repair it by re-adding the old username but that did not change anything. And i still have the same problem in debian...

Any suggestions to put things back to normal very welcome!

Depending on your level of experience, it may be faster to simply reinstall and keep good track of what you do, in case you have to backtrack again.

If you want to learn and invest time, then it may be worth backing up and figuring out what went wrong, with the understanding that could take considerably longer to succeed.

As far as file and directory permissions, make sure that all the files and directories are owned by the account of the current setup. That is, if you are using /home/johnd as your home directory and johnd as the owner of all files in that directory and beneath it, that is correct.

The command ls -laR ~ will give a long listing of the home directory and all directories beneath it. I assume you will find some files and/or directories with 500, 1000, or some other numerical value as the owner of files and directories. If that is the case, then as root change this:

sudo chown -R johnd:johnd /home/johnd
as an example.

or su -c chown -R johnd:johnd /home/johnd

niceday · 07-23-2007, 04:11 PM

thanks for the advise, masinick.

Does did mean that if I run "su -c chown -R <username>:<username> /home/<username>" in each of the three distros i can use the same username in all of them?

farslayer · 07-24-2007, 11:25 AM

The same username should be fine, but I believe the username is mapped to an unique User ID number, so user John should have the same user ID number in all three distributions.. if that number is different then I think you will run into permissions issues..

cat /etc/passwd to see the username and associate User ID numbers..

Slackware
john:*:100:100:8A-74(office):/home/john:/usr/bin/sh

Redhat
john:*:500:500:8A-74(office):/home/john:/usr/bin/sh

Debian
john:*:200:100:8A-74(office):/home/john:/usr/bin/sh

so in this example, even though the usernames are the same, I don't think they would have access to the same Home directory because of the disparity in the User ID numbers. Easy to fix of course

http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/UAU/logging/passwd.html

The second number is the Group ID which you may need to address as well..

niceday · 07-24-2007, 03:17 PM

just organized it like this:

/home/debian/john
/home/slack/john
/home/fedora/john

so i could login with the same name.

i will try changing the numbers like you say so i can have a shared /home/john. Thanks!