| Click here to select a new forum. |
| Linux on my B&W! |
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-12 21:31:24
Will do.
|
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-12 21:34:17
Ok, time for me to go to sleep....I'll swing by the IRC channel tomorrow to help out some more if you still have problems.
In the meantime, do check out the page I linked in my earlier posts. It's got some really good tips on what each directory is for and some basic useful commands. If you want a good book on GNU/Linux, I recommend the O'Reilly Media "Running Linux, Fifth Edition" book. Very handy book for when you're working with GNU/Linux.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runlinux5/
There's also a small pocket guide called (appropriately enough 😛 ) "Linux Pocket Guide":
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxpg/
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-12 22:25:06
OK, progress!
You're missing the DefaultDepth 24 in the Section "Screen". Place it right on a line before SubSection "Display". Also, change Modes "2048x1536" to Modes "1024x768". Save the file and try again.
If it still doesn't work, change the DefaultDepth from 24 to 16 and move the Modes to the SubSection with the Depth of 16. No good. I tried each depth too. It just boots into 800x600, and is unable to be changed. :?:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # []
#Option "SWcursor" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit" # []
#Option "Dac8Bit" # []
#Option "DMAForXv" # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode" # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode" # []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # []
#Option "Display" #
#Option "PanelWidth" #
#Option "PanelHeight" #
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev" # []
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "VGAAccess" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage 128 RE/SG"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection |
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 06:16:25
Do you still have any straggler xorg.conf or xorg.conf.new files in either the /root directory or your new user's home directory? If so, those will take precedence over the one in /etc/X11. Delete the ones in each user's respective home directory and try startx again.
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 09:26:45
Do you still have any straggler xorg.conf or xorg.conf.new files in either the /root directory or your new user's home directory? Nope.
|
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 10:35:32
Hmm....try switching the driver in Section "Device" from "ati" to "r128" and see if this works. Sometimes the "ati" driver, while usually able to encompass all the ATI cards, doesn't always work well with the Rage 128 cards.
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 10:40:35
It didn't do anything.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # []
#Option "SWcursor" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit" # []
#Option "Dac8Bit" # []
#Option "DMAForXv" # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode" # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode" # []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # []
#Option "Display" #
#Option "PanelWidth" #
#Option "PanelHeight" #
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev" # []
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "VGAAccess" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "r128"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage 128 RE/SG"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection |
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 10:44:11
Did you try changing the DefaultDepth to 16 and then modifying the Subsection "Display" that says Depth 16 to include Modes "1024x768"?
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 10:45:22
Yup.
|
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 11:00:30
Hmm......at this point I'm stumped. Let me modify it and post my changes. Try it out once it's up there by saving the text to xorg.conf and post back the results.
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 19:01:48
Well I asked here too now.
|
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 20:21:04
Ok, try these settings and see if they work for you. Save the following to your xorg.conf file in /etc/X11.
On the lines for the monitor's horizontal sync and vertical refresh, I put in the values for my monitor as a sample. Use the exact settings for your monitor so you don't damage it with the wrong settings. You can exclude my comments and the hash symbols before it in the actual xorg.conf file.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5 - 87 # <--This line is a sample! Check the horiz. sync for your monitor!
VertRefresh 40-90 # <--This line is a sample! Check the vert. refresh for your monitor!
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # []
#Option "SWcursor" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit" # []
#Option "Dac8Bit" # []
#Option "DMAForXv" # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode" # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode" # []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # []
#Option "Display" #
#Option "PanelWidth" #
#Option "PanelHeight" #
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev" # []
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "VGAAccess" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage 128 RE/SG"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection |
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 20:29:36
For the record, here's the information regarding the Rage 128 card in your B&W G3 from Low End Mac:
http://www.lowendmac.com/video/pci/rage-128.html
Looks as though it supports a nice high resolution, so it all depends on the resolution that your monitor supports.
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 20:55:26
No screens found [🙂] ]'> The stuff I had to enter is apparently correct. Now what do I do???
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30 - 95
VertRefresh 50-200
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False",
### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # []
#Option "SWcursor" # []
#Option "Dac6Bit" # []
#Option "Dac8Bit" # []
#Option "DMAForXv" # []
#Option "ForcePCIMode" # []
#Option "CCEPIOMode" # []
#Option "CCENoSecurity" # []
#Option "CCEusecTimeout" #
#Option "AGPMode" #
#Option "AGPSize" #
#Option "RingSize" #
#Option "BufferSize" #
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # []
#Option "Display" #
#Option "PanelWidth" #
#Option "PanelHeight" #
#Option "ProgramFPRegs" # []
#Option "UseFBDev" # []
#Option "VideoKey" #
#Option "ShowCache" # []
#Option "VGAAccess" # []
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Rage 128 RE/SG"
BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
#Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection |
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-13 21:23:30
Open up a terminal and type the following:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg.conf* Post here the output of that command. I'm curious to see what the path is to the xorg.conf file.
When I do the above command on my Slackware box, it shows me the following:
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" |
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 21:33:23
It slides through a huge amount of text.
Anyways, it is /etc/X11/
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 21:34:08
What is wrong with the xorg.conf screen stuff that is making desktops fail?
|
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-13 21:41:59
doing it a second (3rd, 4th…) time says no file or directory for I, grep, xorg.conf*, and /var/log/Xorg.0.log
oh, the first time, I was already in /etc/X11/ because I was editin xorg.conf
So what does this mean? how do I get startx to work again, preferably with a better resolution?
|
Posted by: QuadSix50 on 2008-02-14 05:07:35
No, it's not an "I"...it's the pipe symbol "|". Hold down shift and hit the backslash button.
Here's the command again:
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg.conf* |
Posted by: MacTCP on 2008-02-14 11:55:37
Parse Error on Line 112
So what does that mean? 😛
|
| < 4 > |