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Old 11-09-2003, 08:31 PM   #1
mullo
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Toshiba 1400, Debian and New to linux


Not a good mix i dont think.......

Im having issues getting X up and running. Ive installed debian 3.0, everything seemed to be fine with the install. I log in and startx and get the following error;

Quote:
Fatal server error:
no screens found

X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
When running XFree86 -configure i get the following error;

Quote:
Fatal server error:

XFree86 has found a valid card configuration.
Unfortunately the appropriate data has not been added to xf86ciInfo.h.
Please forward 'scanpci-v' output to XFREE86 support team.
Using xf86config ends up refurning the same error as the first one above.

Kinda frustrating. But thats what its all about.

Does any one know what i need to do to get this fix ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks heaps.
 
Old 11-10-2003, 05:06 AM   #2
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What video driver are you using? I believe the Satellite 1400 has a Trident Cyberblade driver, and that should work right out of the box with the "trident" driver.
So you should have these section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4...this is just guesswork on my part but check to see what your XF86Config-4 looks like.
For the video card:
Code:
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"trident"
EndSection
For the LCD monitor:
Code:
Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-60
	VertRefresh	50-75
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection
...and the ever so important Screen section:
Code:
Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
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Old 11-11-2003, 06:05 PM   #3
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Hi Håkan....

Thanks for the advice, although this didnt solve my problem

It's still giving me the same error issues when starting X. Below is the last part of the Xfree86.0.log, if you have any more ideas this may help.

Code:
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
	compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
	Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
	ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(II) TRIDENT: driver for Trident chipsets: tvga8900d, cyber9320, cyber9388,
	cyber9397, cyber9397dvd, cyber9520, cyber9525dvd, cyberblade/e4,
	tgui9420dgi, tgui9440agi, tgui9660, tgui9680, providia9682,
	providia9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, blade3d,
	cyberbladei7, cyberbladei7d, cyberbladei1, cyberbladei1d,
	cyberbladeAi1, cyberbladeAi1d, cyberbladeXP, cyberbladeXPm
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to submit@bugs.debian.org.
The driver for my video card is there in that list its the cyberbladeAi1

Here is my XF86Config-4 file.

Code:
### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the
# Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes
# before the "### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION" line above, and/or after the
# "### END DEBCONF SECTION" line below.
#
# To change things within the debconf section, run the command:
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
# as root.  Also see "How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated
# XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?" in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz.

Section "Files"
	FontPath	"unix/:7100"			# local font server
	# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load	"GLcore"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"pex5"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"speedo"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
	Load	"xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xfree86"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc104"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"PS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"trident"
			
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-60
	VertRefresh	50-75
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

### END DEBCONF SECTION


Thanks for your help. It is much appreciated.

Last edited by mullo; 11-11-2003 at 06:09 PM.
 
Old 11-12-2003, 12:05 PM   #4
DonLuis
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Get a copy of Knoppix (3.3. 3.2. or 3.1) this is runs entirely off your CDRom (Debian based) and boot off cdrom.

This will allow you to check and compare your results, and tell you all you need to know.

Been a while since I've used Debian, but as I recall it's a little tricky on the install, not insurmountble, but tricky in that you need to answer and input everything correctly.

Am running Slack 9.1 on my Tecra 8100 (Savage S3 MX AGP) and it sets right up automatically.

Wish I could say the same for intenal Lucent Lt_modem. #*&%$# :-(
 
  


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