Re: X won't start
On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 03:35:58AM -0500, Michael Merten wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 02, 1999 at 12:15:01AM -0700, G. Crimp wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 01, 1999 at 09:14:14PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > > (**) FontPath set to
> > > "/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/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> > > (--) SVGA: PCI: Cirrus Logic GD5430 rev 45, Memory @ 0xe5000000
> > > (--) SVGA: chipset: clgd5430
> > > (--) SVGA: videoram: 512k
> > > (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
> > > (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 22.778 MHz
> > > (--) SVGA: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode "1024x768"
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> [snip]
> >
> > Have you examined your XF86Config to see if it got hosed somehow ?
> > You might have to reconfigure.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
>
> Um... I noticed it detected only 512k ram. You are specifying 1024x768
> at 16bpp color depth... are you sure there's enough memory for it?
>
> I've got 1024k vidram, and at 16bpp, all I can get is 800x600.
>
> Try dropping to 8bpp and see if it finds a mode it can use.
It has 2048K of ram, which previously was detected. The XF86Config
files matched a backup I had made several months ago so nothing changed
there. There weren't any X changes in yesterday's potato update, so
that isn't the problem.
I tried adding a line "VideoRam 2000" and X would start, but it showed
several images at various places on the screen instead of just one.
SVGATextMode doesn't seem to have any problem. I have another card (S3
Trio) I will try--possibly it's a hardware problem.
Thanks for all the responses.
Bob
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