Re: [gentoo-user] Please Help: Major problems with Modular X

[Chris Walters <cjw2004d@comcast.net>]

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Jure Varlec wrote:
> On Saturday 23 September 2006 09:58, Chris Walters wrote:

>> I realize that I just posted on this subject, but since all versions of
>> Xorg, except for modular X have been hard masked, I need some help or
>> advice - preferably from someone who has had this problem and solved it.
>>
>> My configuration: Athlon 1 Ghz, 512 MB, and for video an ATI Radeon
>> 9550SE (identified by the kernel probe as a Radeon 9600 AS.
>>
>> This all works fine under monolithic Xorg (6.8.2).  However, when I have
>> tried to switch to modular Xorg, I can't get a screen.  I have tried
>> both the proprietary driver, which is supposed to support my card (the
>> kernel won't load it), and the radeon driver.
>>
>> For setup, I have used every setup utility available, and even tried to
>> set up my xorg.conf file myself.  In most cases, it finds all the modes
>> supported by my card when I try it out, but it errors out with a couple
>> of errors: 1. Insufficient memory for the requested window, and 2.
>> Screens found, but none have a usable configuration.
>>
>> For some reason, modular Xorg is not allocating enough memory for a
>> screen and I can't find a way to fix this.
> 
> Chris,
> Unless I missed your mail, as tends to happen to me on this list, you didn't 
> respond to my earlier suggestion, nor did you post your /var/log/Xorg.0.log 
> as Richard requested. I don't see why a new thread is necessary.
> 
> Regards,
> Jure

Jure,

I don't recall seeing any replies to my original post, so I figured it
must have gotten lost.  As for the Xorg log, I don't have one to post -
if I had, I would have posted the pertinent portions rather than
describe the problem.

Regards,
Chris
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