RE: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

["JD" <jdangler@atlantic.net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Johannes Skov Frandsen [mailto:joe@omesc.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 5:24 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

Francisco Rivas skrev:
> Hi all friends, I really like this situations because we learn so 
> much...I have to thank you to all for this experience...
>
> Well we got a lot of work to do for help Johannes.
>
> You fell confortable installing the ati-drivers manually?, if your 
> aswer is Yes, then:
>
> 1.- Disable all support for ati in the kernel
>
> 2.- Enable the framebuffer console like 
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_fbsplash, because I know (for sure) you 
> want a grubsplash and bootsplash :D :
>
> 3.- Unmerge all ati driver you have installed.
>
> 4.- Execute manually the installation and finally aticonfig --initial, 
> and startx.
>    
> Note : I have :
> X.org <http://X.org> :
>       X Window System Version 7.1.1
>       Release Date: 12 May 2006
>       X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
>       Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
>       Current Operating System: Linux dta-desktop 2.6.21-gentoo #3 SMP 
> PREEMPT Wed May 9 17:07:22 VET 2007 i686
>       Build Date: 28 February 2007
>           Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
>            to make sure that you have the latest version.
>       Module Loader present
>
> Kernel :
>       2.6.21-gentoo #3 SMP PREEMPT (but I has 2.6.20-r6,r7,r8) and it 
> works too.
>
> Ati Card : ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
>       $fglrxinfo
>          OpenGL vendor string : ATI Technologies Inc.
>          OpenGL renderer string : ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
>         OpenGL version string : 2.0.6458 (8.36.5)
>
> If your answer is No. Try with #ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge 
> ati-drivers, in my case is
> *  x11-apps/ati-drivers-extra
>       Latest version available: 8.33.6
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of files: 57,246 kB
>       Homepage:      http://www.ati.com <http://www.ati.com>
>       Description:   Ati precompiled drivers extra application
>       License:       ATI GPL-2 QPL-1.0
>
> *  x11-drivers/ati-drivers
>       Latest version available: 8.35.5
>       Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
>       Size of files: 55,971 kB
>       Homepage:      http://www.ati.com
>       Description:   Ati precompiled drivers for recent chipsets
>       License:       ATI GPL-2 QPL-1.0
>
> Emerge the 8.35.5 and aticonfig --initial
>
> I hope this help you...Please comment us your experience...
>
> -- 
> Francisco Rivas
> Linux User (New) : #448324
> Linux Machine (New) : 355187
Hi everybody

Thanks for all the help so far,,, I'm embarrassed/sorry to say that non 
of it really worked so far.

I recompile the  kernel without any ati support and installed 8.35.5 
driver without a problem.
But aticonfig claims it can't run because of an invalid xorg.conf file 
and i can't generate a new one with 'Xorg -configure'
it just prints this error:

marvin / Xorg -configure

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 i686
Current Operating System: Linux marvin 2.6.20-gentoo-r7 #6 SMP Fri May 
11 17:52:
30 GMT 2007 i686
Build Date: 11 May 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri May 11 23:11:24 2007
List of video drivers:
        ati
        atimisc
        fglrx
        radeon
        savage
        r128

Backtrace:
0: Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80c7b64]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxProbeMain+0x13d) 
[0xb74a5b1
d]
3: Xorg(DoConfigure+0x208) [0x80ca2e8]
4: Xorg(InitOutput+0x685) [0x809fae5]
5: Xorg(main+0x27b) [0x806e26b]
6: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7c86838]
7: Xorg(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa1) [0x806d7a1]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Aborted

Have you tried this with removing fglrx?  I've had similar issues with other
video drivers, and by removing fglrx from the equation I've been able to at
least get X to fire up.

Currently I'm supporting the theory that Young Sun is right, and that 
the problem is the version of Xorg.

Tomorrow I will try to uninstall the compiled drivers from ati and try 
the open source drivers. If that doesn't work
I'm feeling inclined to buy a new nvidia card instead.

Maybe I could also try to make the onboard S3 savage card  work, 
although I have never been a big fan of 
graphic cards with shared memory.

Thanks again for all the help....

Johannes


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