Thanks Emerson - I checked the packet manager, searched for fglrx and it was located in the package xserver-xorg-video-ati. I re-installed then replaced "vesa" with fglrx. On start up xserver cashes and says it fails to start. IN the xserver window it says that 'Failed to load module "fglrx" (module does not exist, 0)

Hi there, i am hbrhodes1s & I have been using Fedora since Fedora 3. i have gone back and forth between Windows XP and FC because of the trouble i have had trouble getting both displays working with FC. i have read the posts for this forum and one other post and have not made sense of what is going on. here follows are my goals/ questions, gtf output and my xorg.conf

btw, right now i am using a generically built computer with an AMD Athlon XP 1600+ process, with about 1500mgs of ddr mem, using FC5 with a nVidia geforce2 (?) 6200 card. i have both the xorg-x11-drv-nv.i386 & xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 drivers installed, i also noticed a xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-legacy.i386 which i do not have installed (only need one right?). would also like to enable to option for glide or whatnot (glx?).

0) i would like to get my LG194WT-SF wide monitor to display properly, right now it is only working from about 1280x800 "i think." i say that because the screen resolution states it is such, and I have attempted to tell it to do 1440x1050. Not sure what i have. So i deleted that entry from my xorg.conf and replaced it with "1440x900" to no avail! If all goes well and i get this resolution going (with your help naturally) i might try dual monitors from the same agp card.

1) i really do not know what goes where as i have never messed with these things. i think the modeline entry should go under the monitors vertical refresh rate, or perhaps the Option "vesa." Even though it was mentioned that vesa does not go over "800x600." The original entry was dpms.

2) [gtf 1440 900 60] is:
# 1440x900 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 55.92 kHz; pclk: 106.47 MHz
Modeline "1440x900_60.00" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync

3) my xorg.conf file is:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# 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" "pc102"
# 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"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Flatron"
ModelName "L194WT-SF"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

Ummmm...how about the radeon driver (not Radeon)? (Remember, case matters...)

To verify what drivers are available, look in:
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers

I have never used the fglrx driver, but that may be an option also---search for it using the package manager (but try radeon first)

Ignoring, for the moment, the new member who just hi-jacked the thread......

Please clarify what you did here....Did you actually install fglrx? Check in:
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers
to be sure.

Another tool: look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log---look near the end for error messages (prefix (EE))

hbrhodes1s;

Welcome to LQ. We will help you, but you have just jumped in the middle of a thread that is already confusing enough. In this case, I think it is best to start a new thread. If someone jumps on you for double-posting, blame me.

OKAY, i apologize sincerely! i thought it prudent and appropriate to place my post here instead of starting another one, heh. i am embarrassed. i just managed to fix my troubles though not five minutes after i hi-jacked the thread!

first i deleted the xorg-x11-drv-nv.i386 driver.
second i kept the xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.i386 driver.
i changed my xorg.conf file from the Driver "nv" to "nvidia." i thank you all and i apologize to pixellany, all the help in solving this three hour problem (maybe five) was in the threads (and removing the bad driver)!



# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# 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" "pc102"
# 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"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Flatron"
ModelName "L194WT-SF"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 32
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

hb;
Please don't spend a lot of energy apologizing....the point is only to help you get help.

One more request: Don't post huge long files--almost always there is only a small portion that is relevant.

And please don't apologize again.......



NOW...how is steve doing????

sorry - back to basics again - How do I look in the "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers" as i get the message ": is a directory" which I knew, but couldn't find a way in.

steve;

It is really gratifying to see you sticking with things......

It is clear that terminal commands are somewhat alien to you. I suggest you dabble a bit with a few basics:
cd (change directory)
ls (list contents of current directory)
ls -l (long listing)
ls /etc (list the contents of the directory named "/etc")
cp (copy files or directories)
mv (rename files or directories)
more (display the contents of a file--one page at a time)

For details on any of these, enter "man" + the name of the command---eg "man cd" If you get something about BASH builtins, then enter "man bash".

For the basic commands, look also at "info coreutils"

One more thing to note: you can access files and directories with either absolute or relative addressing. If you are in your home directory, you can read a file in /etc, by typing "more /etc/filename" OR you can cd to /etc and then enter "more filename".
To see where you are: "pwd"
To go home: "cd ~" or just "cd"

looking into /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers, I can see "ati_drv.so"; "radeon_drv.so"; but no "fglrx". I thought I did install or re-install from the GUI.

You would need to install using the package manager--eg Synaptic, Adept, or whatever is on your system. In a terminal, you can use apt-get if you know the exact name of the package.

How about "radeon"?? Have you tried that?

IMO specifying ati or radeon both result in loading the OSS driver. Also, I'm not sure how well OSS driver 2D functions work for your chip, this is why I suggested you try fglrx.
This table may help to understand the current driver situation: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ati-faq.xml
Also here is Ubuntu installation guide, Debian is not that different: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubu...allation_Guide

Edit: For Debian: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Debian

Yes tried 'radeon' but xserver fails to start, stating that the driver is not present.

Tried also to use apt-get update, then apt-get install fglrx-driver but comes back stating "Couldn't find package fglrx-driver"

Tried using the links but always seems to fail to get the fglrx-driver and install.
so at the moment I can't seem to get the fglrx down loaded and installed.

I can't help at the moment with fglrx, but you should be able to get going with radeon. (Since you verified that it is on your system.)

Please post the relevant portion of xorg.conf.

You'll need to tell people exactly what you did and exactly what happened.