Hi,

I have successfully installed X Window Systems, but being a noob, I cant figure out what's wrong with my setup.

I have connected an Shard LCD Panel to my Linux box - CentOS 4.6 (Final) and I am not getting any display.

If I run "startx", below are the error messages I am getting:

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[root@asterisk1 chill]# startx


X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-67.ELsmp i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux asterisk1.local 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL #1 Fri Jul 7 19:24:57 CDT 2006 i686
Build Date: 23 January 2008
Build Host: builder6

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Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.9-34.0.2.EL (buildcentos@v20z-i386) (gcc version 3.4.5 20051201 (Red Hat 3.4.5-2)) #1 Fri Jul 7 19:24:57 CDT 2006
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 26 21:56:24 2008
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
xf86AutoConfig: Primary PCI is 0:2:0
Running "/usr/X11R6/bin/getconfig -X 60802000 -I /etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/lib/modules,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/getconfig -v 0x8086 -d 0x2562 -r 0x03 -s 0x1458 -b 0x2562 -c 0x0300"
getconfig.pl: Version 1.0.
getconfig.pl: Xorg Version: 6.8.2.0.
getconfig.pl: 23 built-in rules.
getconfig.pl: rules file '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/getconfig/xorg.cfg' has version 1.0.
getconfig.pl: 1 rule added from file '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/getconfig/xorg.cfg'.
getconfig.pl: Evaluated 24 rules with 0 errors.
getconfig.pl: Weight of result is 500.
New driver is "i810"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines)
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) <default pointer>: Cannot find which device to use.
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: No Device specified.
(EE) <default pointer>: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "<default pointer>"
No core pointer

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices

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Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

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I will really appreciate your help on this. Thanks.

It sounds like you need to set up your graphics card. I don't know what tools CentOS provides, so I can't help you there. You also don't say what graphics card you have installed, so I can't offer advice about which driver you need to load.

If by chance you have nVidia graphics, try running /usr/bin/nvidia-xconfig to set up the graphics card.
Then try 'startx' or 'init 5' (without quotes) to see if you get graphics display on the monitor.

Thanks for the quick reply.

This is my hardware configuration:
Processors 1
Model Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz
CPU Speed 2.4 GHz
Cache Size 256 KB
System Bogomips 4803.52
PCI Devices
- Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE
- Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
- IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB
- ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL
- Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
- PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
- SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
- (3x) USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
- USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM
- VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
IDE Devices
- hda: Maxtor 6L300R0 (Capacity: 279.48 GB)


I am using a Toshiba LCD Panel and my system cant seem to be compatible with my LCD panel. Is it because the VGA card is not properly configured?

Appreciate your advise on which driver I need to load. Thanks.

BTW, this is the output of lspci:

[root@asterisk1 grub]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller (rev 82)

Thanks.