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Old 10-19-2004, 02:52 AM   #1
dorti
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Problem with XFree86 4.2.1


Hi,

I am trying to run XFree86 4.2.1 on a Redhat 8.0 System with an ATI 3D Rage Graphic Card, but when i try to run it, i only get a black screen with a X-Cursor.

This is what the log says:

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(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
(--) ATI(0): ATI 3D Rage II+DVD graphics controller detected.
(--) ATI(0): Chip type 4755 "GU", version 2, foundry UMC, class 0, revision 0x02.
(--) ATI(0): PCI bus interface detected; block I/O base is 0x6100.
(--) ATI(0): ATI Mach64 adapter detected.
(!!) ATI(0): For information on using the multimedia capabilities of this adapter, please see gatos.sf.net
(--) ATI(0): Internal RAMDAC (subtype 1) detected.
(==) ATI(0): RGB weight 888
(==) ATI(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) ATI(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (II) ATI(0): Using Mach64 accelerator CRTC.
(II) ATI(0): Storing hardware cursor image at 0xE01FFC00.
(II) ATI(0): Using 8 MB linear aperture at 0xE0000000.
(!!) ATI(0): Virtual resolutions will be limited to 2047 kB due to linear aperture size and/or placement of hardware cursor image area.
(II) ATI(0): Using Block 0 MMIO aperture at 0xE1000400.
(II) ATI(0): Using Block 1 MMIO aperture at 0xE1000000.
(II) ATI(0): MMIO write caching enabled.
(--) ATI(0): 2048 kB of Pseudo-EDO DRAM detected (using 2047 kB).
(WW) ATI(0): Cannot shadow an accelerated frame buffer.
(II) ATI(0): Engine XCLK 66.818 MHz; Refresh rate code 4.
...

I already looked around a bit and found that I maybe have to activate MTRRs in my Kernel config, but I am not really a Linux pro and so I don't know how to do that... or isn't that the problem?

btw. I am not using a mouse on the System, because I only want to use it as a LTSP server, but I don't think this causes any trouble.
 
Old 10-19-2004, 03:22 AM   #2
UsualTuxpect
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Are u running a fresh install???


Boot your system in single-user mode and edit the /etc/inittab file and change the runlevel from 5 to 3.

Runlevel 5 starts X after startup, while 3 would leave you in a working console.

to boot in single user mode, select the entry in the grub loader that is your linux bootup, and press "e" to edit that. select the kernel= line and press "e" again, and at the end of that line, add " 1" ('space' and '1'). Save changes and hit "b" to continie booting... this will put you in single-user mode... just edit /etc/inittab and reboot...

It seems RedHat 8 is not fully competible with the hardware (in simple words). It might be the problem with your graphics card.


look at --->/etc/X11/XFree86Config file as to what is going wrong..



Red Hat has written their own tools for most system configuration tasks. If you type "redhat-" at the command prompt then hit the key twice you will see the following tools:

redhat-cdinstall-helper
redhat-config-bind
redhat-config-date
redhat-config-httpd
redhat-config-keyboard
redhat-config-language
redhat-config-mouse
redhat-config-network
redhat-config-network-cmd
redhat-config-network-druid
redhat-config-nfs
redhat-config-packages
redhat-config-printer
redhat-config-printer-gui
redhat-config-printer-tui
redhat-config-proc
redhat-config-rootpassword
redhat-config-samba
redhat-config-securitylevel
redhat-config-services
redhat-config-soundcard
redhat-config-time
redhat-config-users
redhat-config-xfree86
redhat-control-network
redhat-install-packages
redhat-logviewer
redhat-update-gnome-font-install
redhat-update-gnome-font-install2

Backup ur old --> /etc/X11/XFree86Config to a new directory or just rename it using

#mv /etc/X11/XFree86Config /etc/X11/XFree86Config.OLD

Use the -->#redhat-config-xfree86
command to setup ur new xfree86 config file , save it , and #startx to go into graphical mode..



*********************************************
Info about MTRR -->http://bernia.disca.upv.es/lxr/http/...ation/mtrr.txt

**********USE AT UR OWN RISK***************








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