Johannes, It is a good idea try with other version of the xorg. please post something about your experience. On 5/11/07, JD wrote: > > > > -----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 : > > 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 > > 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 > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Francisco Rivas Linux User (New) : #448324 Linux Machine (New) : 355187