Have an old PC running linux for over a year now as a server of sorts, and decided to install X on it finally.

First problem... Took me forever to find the info for an old monitor I got.
Its a Phillips consumer electronics CM9039 14" monitor. I think it's only VGA. Anyways I found out the Horizontal is 31.5 and the vertical range is 60 - 70 kHz.

Next... Took a while to figure out the video card. The markings on it spoke of Video Pro 64.. and some other bs, no mention of a brand name. Turns out its an ARK Logic 2000 PV. or so I think. I also think it has 1 MB of video memory, since the bios detects 1024 Kb of memory on boot up.

At first I still had slack 8.1 on the system. After numerous days of painful tweaking I read somewhere that the XFree on slack 8.1 is something which is version 4.2 doesnt support the ark driver. That I'd have to revert to Xfree 3.36 or get 4.3.

Of course I tried just upgradding Xfree and its dependencies. When that didn't work, I thought, hey, maybe getting slack 9.1 is the answer. Numerous days later and painfull amounts of time configuring the system I turn to you.

Here is my XF86config

# File generated by xf86config.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
# Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
# Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"

# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"

# 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"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
# Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

# Option "XkbDisable"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

# Option "Resolution" "256"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "cm9039"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 31.5

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 60-70

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
Identifier "arkvideo"
Driver "ark"
#VideoRam 1024
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "arkvideo"
Monitor "cm9039"
DefaultDepth 8

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection

My results are as follow...

When I use the ark driver and default depth of 8 bits, upon startx I get an exception. Xfree says it caught a signal 11. Readin extensively about this signal, I've read that its either a hardware error or a software error. Seeing as I only get this error when trying to run X, I'm guessing its a software error.

Here is the error log...
(actually on next post since it doesnt fit)


Ok, my next result...
If I use the ark driver and default depth of 16 bits, I get garbage image. A lot of lines running horizontally and skewed. Also, the system is frozen and I need to reboot. Yes i tried ctrl alt backpace, ctrl c, ctrl fn, etc. Its frozen good.


next result...

If I use the Standard VGA and 8 bits, I get a picture! However, its only on the lower half of the screen and the resolution is horrible. Just this one sentence would fill up the viewing area on that resolution. Plus I cant see the upper half of the screen. Which makes it impossible to try to drag windows down to the viewable area. And it just plain stinks.

Trying higher resolutions or more depth has failed. I would think I need to use the ark driver for that.

I was thinking about getting SWareT and upgradding to Xorg to see if that helps. I never heard of Xorg until recently so I am not sure if it would make a difference.

Other than that, if its a hardware problem I don't know if it is the monitor or the video card. And things look good until you try to run X. I might try to run MS windows some day. but I think it would run.

Any suggestions on what I should try would be appreciated.

Here is the aforementioned log...

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 16 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Sep 6 11:03:20 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "cm9039"
(**) | |-->Device "arkvideo"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7030 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7000 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7010 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7020 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip edd8,a099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 100b,0020 card 1385,f311 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,0), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(0:8:0) ARK Logic Inc 2000PV [Stingray] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/22
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "ark"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ark_drv.o
(II) Module ark: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.5.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) ARK: driver (version 0.5.0 for ARK Logic chipset: ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:08:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset ark2000pv found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[8] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(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, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) ark(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(**) ark(0): Depth 16, (--) framebuffer bpp 16
(==) ark(0): RGB weight 565
(==) ark(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(**) ark(0): Chipset: "ark2000pv"
(--) ark(0): Framebuffer @ 0x0
(==) ark(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) ark(0): Detected 1024 bytes video ram
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using hsync value of 31.50 kHz
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using vrefresh range of 60.00-70.00 Hz
(II) ark(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 80.00 MHz
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(--) ark(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
(**) ark(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) ark(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
(==) ark(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MS[B]
[1] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[8] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[9] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[10] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[17] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
(==) ark(0): Backing store disabled
(II) ark(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
(II) ark(0): Acceleration enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR

*** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
*** be the reason for the server aborting.

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting


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 xfree86@xfree86.org.

it seems that even the lowest resolution demands a higher horizontal refresh rate. try changing:
HorizSync 31.5

to something like
HorizSync 31.5 - 50

and just see what happens. Then check the log and see what refreshrate it settled on, and re-edit xorg.conf to lock it to that refresh rate.

Thanks for the reply...

I changed the Horizontal sync range as was suggested. For some reason it said my mouse failed, I added AllowMouseOpenFail and will fix that later.

Using the ark driver and a depth of 8 bits, XFree didn't just exit saying a signal this time. But it did freeze my system with a garbage picture of horizontal lines.
Here is the log for that... It appears its now complaining about the vertical range...

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 16 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 11 09:54:24 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "cm9039"
(**) | |-->Device "arkvideo"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7030 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7000 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7010 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7020 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip edd8,a099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 100b,0020 card 1385,f311 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,0), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(0:8:0) ARK Logic Inc 2000PV [Stingray] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/22
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "ark"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ark_drv.o
(II) Module ark: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.5.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) ARK: driver (version 0.5.0 for ARK Logic chipset: ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:08:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset ark2000pv found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[8] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(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, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) ark(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(**) ark(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) ark(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(**) ark(0): Chipset: "ark2000pv"
(--) ark(0): Framebuffer @ 0x0
(==) ark(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) ark(0): Detected 1024 bytes video ram
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using hsync range of 31.50-50.00 kHz
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using vrefresh range of 60.00-70.00 Hz
(II) ark(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 80.00 MHz
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using mode "640x350" (no mode of this name)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size)
(--) ark(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
(**) ark(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) ark(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
(==) ark(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MS[B]
[1] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[8] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[9] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[10] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[17] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
(==) ark(0): Backing store disabled
(II) ark(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
(II) ark(0): Acceleration enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(**) Option "Protocol" "Auto"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
Input/output error.
(WW) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)


I again went to my control case, the Standard VGA with 8 bits depth and that worked the same as before. Could only view the lower half of the screen.
Here is the log for that... (next reply)

the log...

XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 16 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Sep 11 09:52:27 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "cm9039"
(**) | |-->Device "Standard VGA"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7030 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7000 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7010 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7020 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip edd8,a099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 100b,0020 card 1385,f311 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,0), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(0:8:0) ARK Logic Inc 2000PV [Stingray] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/22
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "vga"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vga_drv.o
(II) Module vga: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 4.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:08:0
(--) Chipset generic found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[8] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(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, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) VGA(0): initializing int10.
(II) VGA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
(**) VGA(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) VGA(0): RGB weight 666
(==) VGA(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(==) VGA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) VGA(0): videoRam: 1024 kBytes (using 64 kBytes).
(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, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) VGA(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(==) VGA(0): Virtual size is 320x200 (pitch 320)
(**) VGA(0): Built-in mode "Generic 320x200 default mode": 12.6 MHz (scaled from 25.2 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 70.2 Hz (VScan)
(II) VGA(0): Modeline "Generic 320x200 default mode" 12.59 320 336 384 400 200 206 207 224 vscan 2 -hsync +vsync
(==) VGA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MS[B]
[1] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[8] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprU)
[10] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprU)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[17] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(**) Option "Protocol" "Auto"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
Input/output error.
(WW) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
Input/output error.
(WW) Mouse1: cannot open input device

no replies yet? Does it look like I am doing things okay and its just not working?

I'd like to think its a hardware problem and buy a new monitor or a new video card, but since it sorta works when I choose standard VGA driver, it makes me reluctant to think its hardware.

as far as the mouse, you can try changing /dev/mouse to the actual device (eg /dev/ttyS0)
also maybe manually choose the correct protocol instead of auto

the vid problem...hmm...the console works fine in standard vga?
have you tried disabling framebuffer support?

It's nothing more that a mouse configuration problem:
"(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
Input/output error.
(WW) Mouse1: cannot open input device"
See if /dev/mouse exists and if it's pointing the correct place.

Well, my mouse was working before, and I was gettign the same results. I'm not sure why the mouse doesn't work, but I thought AllowMouseOpenFail would let me bypass this problem for now. When I use The standard VGA driver, X does load up, and I can't move the mouse, which verifies its not working properly.


About framebuffering, I'm not sure how to do that, but I will give it a try. Does the standard VGA driver nto use framebuffering?

after some research , i've found "fbset" command. It says "open /dev/fb0: No Such Device". What does frame buffering do, and do I need it to get X working?

I also foudn this..

To set the used video mode for X insert the following in rc.local:

fbset -fb /dev/fb0 vga

and make the used frame buffer device known to X:

export FRAMEBUFFER=/dev/fb0

Should I try that?

Right now, your mouse causes the server abort. So fix that first and see what happens next. Watch for lines starting with (EE) in your log file. Those are the show stoppers most of the time.

ok here is the current log... As you can see there are no errors (EE)


XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.22 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 16 September 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Sep 12 12:14:34 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "cm9039"
(**) | |-->Device "arkvideo"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(**) Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7030 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7000 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7010 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7020 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:08:0: chip edd8,a099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 100b,0020 card 1385,f311 rev 00 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,0), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(0:8:0) ARK Logic Inc 2000PV [Stingray] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/22
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "ark"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ark_drv.o
(II) Module ark: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.5.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) ARK: driver (version 0.5.0 for ARK Logic chipset: ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:08:0
(--) Chipset ark2000pv found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[7] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[8] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[15] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(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, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) ark(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03d0, hwp->PIOOffset is 0x0000
(**) ark(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) ark(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(**) ark(0): Chipset: "ark2000pv"
(--) ark(0): Framebuffer @ 0x0
(==) ark(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(--) ark(0): Detected 1024 bytes video ram
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using hsync range of 31.50-50.00 kHz
(II) ark(0): cm9039: Using vrefresh range of 60.00-70.00 Hz
(II) ark(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 80.00 MHz
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x350" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x175" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "720x400" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "360x200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x864" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x432" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x960" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1280x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1200" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1792x1344" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1856x1392" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "832x624" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "416x312" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1152x768" (vrefresh out of range)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "576x384" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1400x1050" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1600x1024" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x512" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "2048x1536" (insufficient memory for mode)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
(II) ark(0): Not using mode "640x350" (no mode of this name)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (width too large for virtual size)
(II) ark(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (width too large for virtual size)
(--) ark(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
(**) ark(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) ark(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
(==) ark(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MS[B]
[1] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[3] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xe0400000 - 0xe0400fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe03fffff (0x400000) MX[B](B)
[8] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[9] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[10] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00006100 - 0x000061ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00006000 - 0x0000601f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000f000 - 0x0000f00f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[17] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
(==) ark(0): Backing store disabled
(II) ark(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid Horizontal and Vertical Lines
(II) ark(0): Acceleration enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "PS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
(**) Option "Emulate3Buttons"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3
(**) Option "Resolution" "256"
(**) Mouse1: Resolution: 256
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)

on my previous post , the log file, does anyone else see a big grey rectangle blocking some of the information? Maybe i'm seeign things..


In nay case I found some info on the Xfree 3.36 release. ..

ARK2000PV (ark2000pv)

64-bit version of the ARK1000PV. Note that an ARK2000PV equipped with 1Mb of DRAM is about equivalent to the same card with an ARK1000PV chip; 2Mb is required for 64-bit operation. Again the RAMDAC used on the card determines the max supported dot clocks. At 8bpp, multiplexing over a 16-bit RAMDAC path is not yet supported so expect dot clocks up to 110 MHz; 16bpp and 32bpp are supported, as well as experimental packed 24bpp, depending on the RAMDAC.

I have no idea why some one would make an ARK2000PV with 1 mb of vram, but that is what I have.

So in the XF86config file i tried:

Chipset "ark1000pv"

I still got similar results. Except the lines through the screen weren't as linear and there seemed to be less color to this garbage picture.


My second though is about ...
II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2


Xfree is loading the fb module, so I may not need to mess around with fbset ?????


My final thought is...
let me get rid of (WW)..

1) (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
I know thats in the kernel so I'll recompile the kernel for that.

2) (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
Not sure what that is, but it might be in the kernel, so I'll take look there.

I fixed the APM warning, a simple "modprobe apm" did the trick.

However, I don't know why it is giving me the MTRR warning.

MTRR is enabled in my kernel and it is not a module, so it should be working.

However, I couldn't find the file /proc/mtrr so i'm guessing that something is wrong.

Any one know how I can get MTRR going?
I'm using the general 386 processor configuration in the kernel.
Do I need to be more specific and choose another x86.?
I did not do this when I compiled the kernel since I wasn't sure what my PII MMX 200 MHz would fall under (486 or 586).

would anyone recommend I upgrade to the latest XFree86, 4.4 I think? Would that work well on slack 9.1 or should I upgrade to slack 10?