[gentoo-user] Xorg -configure fails

[gentoo-user] Xorg -configure fails

[James Colby]

List members -

I am trying to install gentoo on an older HP pc.  I am at the point in
the handbook when I'm trying to configure X.  When I run the command
Xorg -configure it is failing with the following error message:

(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0xe1000000 - 0xe27fffff (0x1800000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0xe3f00000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x4100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI: (0:2:0) Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset
Integrated Graphics Device rev 1, Mem @ 0xe8000000/27, 0xe3000000/19
(--) PCI:*(1:9:0) ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PP/PRO TMDS [Xpert
128] rev 0, Mem @ 0xe4000000/26, 0xe2000000/14, I/O @ 0xb800/8, BIOS @
0xe3fe0000/17

Backtrace:
0: Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x85) [0x80bfdf5]
1: Xorg(InitOutput+0x650) [0x809df85]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be causing it?

Below are the contents of my make.conf file:
CFLAGS="-O2 -mtune=pentium4 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
GENTOO_MIRRORS=http://mirrors.tds.net/gentoo
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx"
USE="-gtk -gnome qt3 qt4 kde dvd alsa cdr -ipv6 kdeenablefinal"

Thanks for any suggestions you may have in helping me resolve the problem,
James
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Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg -configure fails

[Peter Alfredsen]

On Monday 29 January 2007, James Colby wrote:
> List members -
>
> I am trying to install gentoo on an older HP pc.  I am at the point in
> the handbook when I'm trying to configure X.  When I run the command
> Xorg -configure it is failing with the following error message:

The moon has entered a cycle unfortuitous for xorg --configure. Please use 
xorgcfg instead to get a working X11, then tune from the many xorg.confs 
floating around.
Caveat: Depending on how old your video card is, ati-drivers may not support 
it. Use radeon DRI/mesa instead.



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Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg -configure fails

[James Colby]

> Try the r128
> VIDEO_CARDS="vesa r128"
>
That did the trick...thanks for the hint.

This very modest box is just screaming now that Gentoo is running on
it.  It was running XP and the performance of this machine has
increased dramatically
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