X Server issue

jmc1987 · 09-27-2010, 02:36 PM

I am using BLFS book 6.3 and I have installed the X system and KDE. When I tested the Xserver I didn't notice it but when I booted into kde I am stuck with resolution 1400x1050 @60 refresh rate. which is making the display bigger than the LCD Monitor.

With my other Linux distros including the live cd I use 1280x1024.

Also I noticed that it is configured with driver vesa and I normally use driver ati but when I put that in the driver field and try to startx is says no screens found.

My video card is a ati radeon x700 pro. Here is my Xorg.conf

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/X11/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "RV410 [Radeon X700 Pro (PCIE)]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

xorg version is 7.2

Thanks

adamk75 · 09-27-2010, 03:40 PM

Well without driver 'radeon' or 'ati' (the latter is simply a wrapper driver that loads the former) you will be limited to certain resolutions. Unfortunately, Xorg 7.2 is so awfully ancient (over 3.5 years old) I wouldn't expect much from it. Is there any reason why you are using this particular setup.

Adam

jmc1987 · 09-27-2010, 08:30 PM

I must agree with you. on that. I know with the other distros I play with is easy to configure and from what I know Xorg 7.4+ can even run with out a xorg.conf file. So I've decided to download and install Xorg 7.4 so my Propriatry driver will still work. Hopefully it will go much smoother. And yes when I try the ati driver my screen fails to load but I didn't try the radeon and I am stuck at 800x600 now. But hopefully it goes better after I finish upgrading.

jmc1987 · 09-28-2010, 08:26 AM

I've been searching the web for the some information on installing xorg 7.4 but I can't find any. Can any body point me to the right direction. I am trying to find out the latest dependencies and the proper build info

druuna · 09-28-2010, 10:25 AM

Hi,

Xorg 7.5 is part of the development BLFS book (Introduction to Xorg-7.5).

Hope this helps.

jmc1987 · 09-28-2010, 03:22 PM

Yea I saw that. The only problem with 7.5 it doesn't support my propriatary driver for my video card. Well I dig around and see what I can do

adamk75 · 09-28-2010, 03:33 PM

yes, but the open source radeon driver does support it. If you want to use the proprietary driver, stick with Xorg 7.2.

druuna · 09-29-2010, 01:54 AM

Hi,

Quote:

The only problem with 7.5 it doesn't support my propriatary driver for my video card.

You do know that ATI itself has a version that supposedly does support Xorg 7.5? ati-driver-installer-10-9-x86.x86_64.run

Hope this helps.

adamk75 · 09-29-2010, 04:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by druuna

Hi,

You do know that ATI itself has a version that supposedly does support Xorg 7.5? ati-driver-installer-10-9-x86.x86_64.run

Hope this helps.

You do know that the last version of the driver that supports the OP's GPU is 9.3?

Adam

corbis_demon · 09-29-2010, 11:10 AM

Shouldn't the build instructions for 7.4 be similar to any recent version of Xorg (other than the wget list, of course)? I mean wouldn't using the same instructions work with 7.4 as well?

jmc1987 · 09-29-2010, 04:36 PM

That is what I am going to do is follow the build instructions and read some readmes and see what I can put togeather. I'll update on how it goes. I also had another Idea.

@druuna
my video card I have is old and ati decided to not add support xorg 7.5. The state that the only updates they will do is security updates. Open source drivers dont have the 3d support I need. That is also the issue I have with ubuntu 9.04+. so until I get a new card (prolly going to be nvidia) I am gonig to stick with 7.4

corbis_demon · 09-30-2010, 12:42 AM

You could use this maybe, for anything specific to 7.4

jmc1987 · 09-30-2010, 12:28 PM

Thanks you just made my day

corbis_demon · 10-01-2010, 02:26 AM

Always glad to help.