Problem getting X Server to tun on Ultra Sparc 10 with Debian 3.0.r1
Folks I have been trying unsuccessfully for about three weeks (on and off) to get the graphical User interface to work on my Sun UltraSparc 10 box. I presume it has an Elite 3D PCI card inside as the sticker is on the front of the box. My monitor is a Sun 19inch with a CM751U label on the back. I have been running xf86config for weeks now trying all sorts of configurations. I don't really know what my horizontal and vertical refresh rates are for the monitor that I have. I also don't seem to see Elite 3D or CM751U listed in the video card and monitor lists that xf86config presents me with. I can enclose the full output if people like from the server log. The last lines however mention the following: (EE) SUNFFB: Failed to load module 'dri' ... (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules ... Fatal server error No Screens found I guess that the last configuration that I choose must have been for the subffb card. I can't remember. I have tried so many. I have read elsewhere that I should try running the xserver-mach64. I don't actually know how to do that. It is a command line instruction? It says also after that line in the debian online sparc problems page that 'one should.. use this X server for ATI Rage framebuffers, such as found in many PCI-based UltraSPARC machines'. My question here is 'DOes the Ultrasparc 10 have an ATI rage framebuffer'? Everything else I can get working. I installed all the network settings manually but the X server has totally baffled. I have installed about 7 different versions of linux on over 20 PC's in the last 18 months and I have always managed to somehow get the X server to work but my ultrasparc has beaten me. Any help appreciated.
Re: Problem getting X Server to tun on Ultra Sparc 10 with Debian 3.0.r1
Hi I had the same problem, I gave up trying xf86config and started editing the XF86Config file by hand and checking the log messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log It was a while ago but from what I remember I commented out the Load dri line in the Module section (along with a couple of other ones) and made sure the Driver was sunffb in the Device section I've attached the file that's working from me (running on an Ultra30 but with the same graphics card) Patrick On Tuesday 13 May 2003 12:42, kevin curran wrote: Folks I have been trying unsuccessfully for about three weeks (on and off) to get the graphical User interface to work on my Sun UltraSparc 10 box. I presume it has an Elite 3D PCI card inside as the sticker is on the front of the box. My monitor is a Sun 19inch with a CM751U label on the back. I have been running xf86config for weeks now trying all sorts of configurations. I don't really know what my horizontal and vertical refresh rates are for the monitor that I have. I also don't seem to see Elite 3D or CM751U listed in the video card and monitor lists that xf86config presents me with. I can enclose the full output if people like from the server log. The last lines however mention the following: (EE) SUNFFB: Failed to load module 'dri' ... (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules ... Fatal server error No Screens found I guess that the last configuration that I choose must have been for the subffb card. I can't remember. I have tried so many. I have read elsewhere that I should try running the xserver-mach64. I don't actually know how to do that. It is a command line instruction? It says also after that line in the debian online sparc problems page that 'one should.. use this X server for ATI Rage framebuffers, such as found in many PCI-based UltraSPARC machines'. My question here is 'DOes the Ultrasparc 10 have an ATI rage framebuffer'? Everything else I can get working. I installed all the network settings manually but the X server has totally baffled. I have installed about 7 different versions of linux on over 20 PC's in the last 18 months and I have always managed to somehow get the X server to work but my ultrasparc has beaten me. Any help appreciated. ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION # XF86Config-4 (XFree86 server configuration file) generated by dexconf, the # Debian X Configuration tool, using values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page. # (Type man XF86Config-4 at the shell prompt.) # # If you want your changes to this file preserved by dexconf, only make changes # before the ### BEGIN DEBCONF SECTION line above, and/or after the # ### END DEBCONF SECTION line below. # # To change things within the debconf section, run the command: # dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 # as root. Also see How do I add custom sections to a dexconf-generated # XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file? in /usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz. Section ServerLayout Identifier Manually configured by Patrick Screen Default Screen InputDevice Generic Keyboard InputDevice Configured Mouse InputDevice Generic Mouse EndSection Section Files FontPathunix/:7100# local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi EndSection Section Module LoadGLcore Loadbitmap Loaddbe Loadddc # Loaddri Loadextmod Loadfreetype # Loadglx Loadint10 # Loadpex5 # Loadrecord Loadspeedo Loadtype1 Loadvbe # Loadxie EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Keyboard Driver keyboard Option CoreKeyboard Option XkbRules sun Option XkbModel type5 Option XkbLayout us EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Configured Mouse Driver mouse Option CorePointer Option Device/dev/sunmouse Option Protocol BusMouse Option Emulate3Buttons true Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Generic Mouse Driver mouse Option SendCoreEventstrue
Re: Problem getting X Server to tun on Ultra Sparc 10 with Debian 3.0.r1
On Tue, 13 May 2003, kevin curran wrote: Folks I have been trying unsuccessfully for about three weeks (on and off) to get the graphical User interface to work on my Sun UltraSparc 10 box. I presume it has an Elite 3D PCI card inside as the sticker is on the front of the box. My monitor is a Sun 19inch with a CM751U label on the back. Try /bin/dmesg | grep Elite that will tell you if you have an Elite3D video card. Also, the /var/log/XFree86.0.log should have information from SUNFFB on what it has found on your system. I have been running xf86config for weeks now trying all sorts of configurations. I don't really know what my horizontal and vertical refresh rates are for the monitor that I have. I also don't seem to see Elite 3D or CM751U listed in the video card and monitor lists that xf86config presents me with. I can enclose the full output if people like from the server log. The last lines however mention the following: (EE) SUNFFB: Failed to load module 'dri' ... (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules (II) unloading /usr/x11r6/lib/modules ... What version of XF86? If it is 4.2.xxx, comment out 'Load dri' from the Modules section in your XF86Config file, if you have it. (This is changed with 4.3.0). Fatal server error No Screens found I guess that the last configuration that I choose must have been for the subffb card. I can't remember. I have tried so many. SUNFFB is the driver for Creator/Elite graphics cards. Once it is loaded, it will figure out if it is talking to a Creator3D or to an Elite3D. I have read elsewhere that I should try running the xserver-mach64. I don't actually know how to do that. It is a command line instruction? It says also after that line in the debian online sparc problems page that 'one should.. use this X server for ATI Rage framebuffers, such as found in many PCI-based UltraSPARC machines'. My question here is 'DOes the Ultrasparc 10 have an ATI rage framebuffer'? Some do. The messages at boot time will tell you what is on yours. In fact, I have an Ultra10 with both a mach64 and with a creator3d. You need your monitor plugged into the one the XF86Config file wants to use. Quick check: If your monitor is plugged into the system using a PC-like HD15 connector, you are not connected to a Creator/Elite card. If you are plugged in with a Sun 13W3 connector, It's a Sun graphics card of some sort. (HD15 = 3 rows of 5 pins; 13W3 looks like nothing else on your system). Everything else I can get working. I installed all the network settings manually but the X server has totally baffled. I have installed about 7 different versions of linux on over 20 PC's in the last 18 months and I have always managed to somehow get the X server to work but my ultrasparc has beaten me. Any help appreciated. It can be done, but the documentation doesn't make it easy. Regards, -- Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (703) 392-0303 Fax: (703) 392-0401
