> > tty7 screen is blank with blinking cursor in upper left corner. Other
> > tty's produce expected login prompts that work as expected except for a
> > welcome surprise: video mode instead of the customary 80 X 25 is the
> > proprietary Tseng 100 X 40 mode. Awesome!
> > A portion of the last third of /var/log/XFree86.0.log follows:
> > * * *
> > (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
> > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0
> > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3
> > (--) TSENG(0): Chipset: "ET6100"
> > (--) TSENG(0): PCI I/O registers at 0x6800
> > (--) TSENG(0): Ramdac: "et6000"
> > (--) TSENG(0): Clockchip: "et6000"
> > (**) TSENG(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 24
> > (==) TSENG(0): RGB weight 888
> > (==) TSENG(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> > (==) TSENG(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > (==) TSENG(0): Using SW cursor
> > (==) TSENG(0): Using linear Memory.
> > (--) TSENG(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
> > (II) TSENG(0): Video memory type: Multibank DRAM (MDRAM).
> > (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs
> > (--) TSENG(0): VideoRAM: 0 kByte.
> sounds like very little memory to me :-)
> Perhaps the warning just above that is important? (I'm no guru)
> Try compiling MTRR support into your kernel.
I finally found the kernel config files for both my 7.1 and 8.0 Mandrake
partitions. Both files have CONFIG_MTRR=y, so MTRR support should be in
the kernel already.
> You could also post this question in col.x
Now it looks like it could be a framebuffer problem. Obviously the video
card has more than zero memory. The config file for 7.1 has no
framebuffer section, while that for 8.0 does, and in that section there
is no line referencing my video card chip, while there are for many
others. That section does have CONFIG_FB_VESA=y, and it also has
CONFIG_FB_VGA16=m, among many others.
The BIOS of this PC is configured to allow QEMM in a DOS boot to
maximize upper DOS memory. Specifically, this setting (Award BIOS) is
called "Used MEM base addr=C800" and "Used MEM Length=32K". Anyone know
if this could impact framebuffer or "VideoRAM: 0 kByte"? Well, I turned
it off and tried startx again. The reaction has changed. The hatchmatte
or whatever it's called that comes up before KDE is now showing up
before the computer locks up, and the /var/log/XFree86.0.log now shows:
VideoRAM: 4096 kByte
Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp8
Loading sub module "fb"
Loading module "fb"
But also:
Open APM failed
System lacks support for MTRRs
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, removing
from list!
among other (WW)'s.
When I run 'XFree86 -configure' and follow that up with 'XFree86
-xf86config /root/XF86Config.new', X starts the same matte screen as
'startx', but it doesn't lock up the machine. I can even exit with
Ctrl-Alt-BS.
After reading in the XWindow-User-HOWTO, I tried from root 'kdm' This
got me a little further. After the gray matte backgroud pops up on tty7,
the screen color changes to Aurora's blue-gray, and then the shapes of
the login chooser paint, and some of its contents. The go, clear,
restart & shutdown buttons look complete, but unless I click on one of
the penquins, no other words appear, and except for the box with the
Mandrake star and the penguins, no colors appear except black & white.
If I click on shutdown, a new totally black window appears. If I switch
back to the session that started kdm, I can kill it.
If I try 'startx', the KDE splash screen comes up. Its first icon blinks
a few times, then the PC is locked up, hard reset required.
So, something remains undone. What is it?
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# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
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)
# 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/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# 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
#NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom
# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
# Any number of monitor sections may be present
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic|Extended Super VGA, 800x600 at 60 Hz, 640x480 at 72 Hz"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
# 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 31.5-37.9
# 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 55-90
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ET6000 (generic)"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "tseng"
# VideoRam 4096
# Clock lines
# Uncomment following option if you see a big white block
# instead of the cursor!
# Option "sw_cursor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "ET6000 (generic)"
Monitor "Generic|Extended Super VGA, 800x600 at 60 Hz, 640x480 at 72 Hz"
DefaultColorDepth 8
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection
# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
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