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Hello, I'm new to Linux, and I'm having a problem getting KDE to start, both automatically when Linux boots, and using "startx". I've already googled away but I have not gotten specific enough information to understand the problem, and I have tried fixes that did not work.
Here is what is strange - sometimes the problem goes away by itself after a reboot! Other times it seems there is nothing I can do to get KDE to start. The problem originated when I had to shutdown my PC manually as KDE was frozen. I have a Compaq Presario 5000, (PIII) and this problem is apparently common, possibly originating in a faulty motherboard. The PC would also freeze under Windows ME and XP, in fact it's done this almost since I bought it several years ago. The monitor is a Compaq V720. I assume that the video chipset is i810e, though that is based on what Linux apps have told me.
I could live with the occasional freezing, IF I could get into KDE after manually rebooting and get back to work.
Here are the (I think) relevant parts of XFree86.0.log:
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(**) I810(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) I810(0): RGB weight 565
(==) I810(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) I810(0): initializing int10
(II) I810(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) I810(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 1024 kB
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(R) 8xx Chipset Video BIOS
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 33.118
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(R) 8xx Chipset
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: Hardware Version 0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC Level 2
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 1 sec.
(II) I810(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer: CPQ Model: 3015 Serial#: 1379416376
(II) I810(0): Year: 1999 Week: 14
(II) I810(0): EDID Version: 1.1
(II) I810(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
(II) I810(0): Sync: Separate
(II) I810(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 33 vert.: 25
(II) I810(0): Gamma: 2.30
(II) I810(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) I810(0): redX: 0.619 redY: 0.345 greenX: 0.289 greenY: 0.609
(II) I810(0): blueX: 0.154 blueY: 0.064 whiteX: 0.280 whiteY: 0.311
(II) I810(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) I810(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) I810(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) I810(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) I810(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) I810(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) I810(0): #0: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) I810(0): #1: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
(II) I810(0): #2: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) I810(0): #3: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833
(II) I810(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) I810(0): clock: 25.2 MHz Image Size: 306 x 230 mm
(II) I810(0): h_active: 640 h_sync: 656 h_sync_end 752 h_blank_end 800 h_border: 8
(II) I810(0): v_active: 350 v_sync: 387 v_sync_end 389 v_blanking: 449 v_border: 6
(II) I810(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 100 Hz, H min: 31 H max: 70 kHz, PixClock max 90 MHz
(II) I810(0): Serial No: 914CF48MR898
(II) I810(0): Monitor name: COMPAQ V720
(--) I810(0): Chipset: "i810e"
(--) I810(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x44000000
(--) I810(0): IO registers at addr 0x40400000
(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
(EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded.
(II) UnloadModule: "i810"
(II) UnloadModule: "ddc"
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vbe"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
#Option "sw_cursor"
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Identifier "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
Driver "i810"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
If you really do have faulty hardware there's nothing to do but replace the bad component. No amount of tweaking is going to correct a bad motherboard.
Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), Arch Linux 2009.08
Posts: 83
Rep:
Quote:
(EE) GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
(EE) I810(0): AGP GART support is not available. Make sure your kernel has
agpgart support or that the agpgart kernel module is loaded.
Here's the problem. Much probably the agpgart module wasn't compiled built-in to the kernel you're using. Log into the terminal and run lsmod | grep agpgart. If no output is produced, you do not have the agpgart module loaded. Load it by logging in as root (or using sudo or suid or anything that gives you root privileges for that) and running modprobe agpgart. Guess that should do it.
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