On 10/19/2007 11:54 PM, Jim Flanagan wrote:
My main issue is that during boot of
a clean 10.3 install, I see the splash screens, and can press esc to see
the boot txt scroll by,
OK, this is using the video card's frame buffer.
but when the system reached runlevel 5 it won't
run kdm.
This is because of a non functional xorg.conf.
I can vnc into it at that point from another box, but the local
kdm will not start.
So the local X isn't working.
Sax2 fails to run, and gives an error meesage saying
to see /var/log/SaX.log (see attached).
And the error message was? Wasn't there more of an error than to just
see sax2.log?
In the boot txt I also see a line that says gdm is unknown, but I have
not installed gdm, only kdm.
That is a separate bug, not an issue here.
===========
/var/log/SaX.log
/*************
SaX2 log : SaX2 version 8.1 - SVN Release: 1.49 2003/03/17
**************
SVN RELEASE : 1443
<snip>
19-Oct 10:11:26 <I> [ Sysp: XStuff detection data
Card0 => DDC : PTS2517
Card0 => DDC[2] : PTS2517
Card0 => Name : PROVIEW LT782s
Card0 => Vendor : PTS
Card0 => Name[2] : PROVIEW LT782s
This is correct for your monitor?
Card0 => Vendor[2] : PTS
Card0 => Primary : 02-00-0
Card0 => Chipset : <undefined>
Card0 => Vsync : 75
Card0 => Hsync : 80
Card0 => Vsync[2] : 75
Card0 => Hsync[2] : 80
Will it support these upper limits for its frequencies?
Card0 => Vesa : 800 600 36 60
Card0 => Vesa : 800 600 43 72
Card0 => Vesa : 800 600 45 75
Card0 => Vesa : 1024 768 46 60
Card0 => Vesa : 1024 768 53 70
Card0 => Vesa : 1024 768 57 75
Card0 => Vesa : 1280 1024 76 75
Card0 => Vesa : 1280 1024 61 60
Card0 => Vesa : 1280 1024 80 75
These are all possible resolutions. You mentioned before you had to
make changes for your frame buffer to work with your monitor. It did
not work at 1280x1024. IIRC you changed it to 1024x768 and it worked.
Notice above how much lower the horizontal frequencies are for those
resolutions.
Card0 => Modeline : 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +/+
This was the chosen mode line. So it will try starting it up at
1280x1024. If it cannot handle 80 for horiz or 75 for vert, your
monitor will not work.
Card0 => Display : LCD/TFT
Is this true? Is your monitor an LCD? Most do not like such a high
vert. freq. Even though mine says it works at 75, it shifts the
display. I need to tweak mine to 72 limit to force a lower freq mode
line, which works perfectly. Most LCDs are great with 60.
Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "XServerPool"
DisplaySize 337 270
HorizSync 30-80
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "PROVIEW LT782S"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "PTS"
VertRefresh 43-75
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection
Looks like no identified modes. I have read here that sometimes this is
OK, as it is determined differently. Mine has:
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1152x864" 99.64 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 901
Modeline "1152x864" 83.25 1152 1200 1232 1312 864 867 871 894
+HSync -VSync
Modeline "1024x768" 78.43 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 801
Modeline "1024x768" 66.50 1024 1072 1104 1184 768 771 775 794
+HSync -VSync
Modeline "800x600" 46.87 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 626
Modeline "800x600" 42.25 800 848 880 960 600 603 607 621 +HSync -VSync
Modeline "1280x1024" 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
EndSection
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.41.7
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier:
UNSUPPORTED-8.413.1
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Sep 7 2007 22:35:20
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID
PCI:2:0:1) found
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
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I believe this is saying it could not find a resolution it could use
that would be accepted by your monitor. From what I am able to find, it
is best at 1280x1024x60Hz. I think this is the problem.
