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Lenny upgrade: Failed to load modules "ati" and "typ1" when starting X. No drivers available

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S D

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Feb 16, 2009, 5:20:13 PM2/16/09
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After dist-upgrade from etch to lenny, I'm trying to run lenny using 2.6.18 kernel that I have left over from etch, as I'm having issues assembling mdadm RAID drives under the new 2.6.28 lenny kernel (For more info see http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/b97fd9b0a450370f# )

The problem now is that when I try to start X, it fails complaining that:
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module doesn't exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "ait" (module doesn't exist, 0)
(E) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found, giving up


Any ideas? Thanks



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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

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Feb 16, 2009, 9:30:11 PM2/16/09
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On Monday 16 February 2009 16:13:29 S D wrote:
> (EE) Failed to load module "ait" (module doesn't exist, 0)

For the "ati" module, you need the package:
p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server -- ATI display driver
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S D

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Feb 16, 2009, 11:00:14 PM2/16/09
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--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:

> For the "ati" module, you need the package:
> p xserver-xorg-video-ati - X.Org X server --
> ATI display driver

Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue somewhat. I was able to start X and KDE, KDE is running and and appears to be functional (v 3.5.10) but the picture looks very strange indeed.

The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this:

+------------1------------------+
| |
| |
| +-------2---------+ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-----------------+ |
| |
| |
+-------------------------------+

Where 1 is the monitor and 2 is the picture.

I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode and KDE shows it as the current resolution.

Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.

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Feb 17, 2009, 1:00:13 AM2/17/09
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On Monday 16 February 2009 21:58:13 S D wrote:
> The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen
> space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and
> bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this:
>
> I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode and KDE shows it as the current
> resolution.

Probably need to add some modes or modelines to your xorg.conf. Might try
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (or sth like that) to get the resolution you
want.

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S D

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Feb 17, 2009, 1:20:08 AM2/17/09
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--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:

> Probably need to add some modes or modelines to your
> xorg.conf. Might try
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (or sth like that) to get the
> resolution you
> want.

I checked xorg.conf, it already has 1600x1200 line entries. Besides, the KDE configuration utility (Control Center | Peripherals | Display) shows that the monitor *is* running in the 1600x1200 mode. However, the picture doesn't use the whole available screen space.

Norman Bird

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Feb 17, 2009, 6:10:09 AM2/17/09
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I recall seeing something along that line in the , known issues after installing Lenny , in the install notes. about the display not using all the screen, they had a fix for it also.

thanks

Norm

Pavlos Parissis

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Feb 17, 2009, 9:10:11 AM2/17/09
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2009/2/17 S D <sun...@yahoo.com>


--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:

> For the "ati" module, you need the package:
>  p   xserver-xorg-video-ati          - X.Org X server --
> ATI display driver

Installed the xserver-xorg-video-ati package and it did resolve the issue somewhat. I was able to start X and KDE, KDE is running and and appears to be functional (v 3.5.10) but the picture looks very strange indeed.

The picture now, for some reason, doesn't use the whole available screen space but leave unused areas about 3-5 cm from the left, right, top and bottom monitor edges. It looks something like this:

 +------------1------------------+
 |                               |
 |                               |
 |    +-------2---------+        |
 |    |                 |        |
 |    |                 |        |
 |    |                 |        |
 |    +-----------------+        |
 |                               |
 |                               |
 +-------------------------------+

Where 1 is the monitor and 2 is the picture.

I usually run my monitor in 1600x1200 mode and KDE shows it as the current resolution.

Any ideas? Thanks

I had a similar problem after the upgrade to Lenny.
My problem was that at GDM login the screen was a bit to left but inside GNOME was fine. GNOME was forcing vertical refresh rate at 75 but X was using 60, thus I had tha difference.

Try the following
1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run  xvidtune and tune the settings as you wish. Then click on show button, this will print on the terminal the setting to be used in xorg.conf.
2) Use the above info to add a Modeline in the Monitor section on your xorg.conf
Furthermore, make sure the same Modeline name is in the Screen Section
Here is a snap of my xorg.conf, take a look at "1280x1024@75"

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "SDM-HS75P"
        HorizSync   28-80
        VertRefresh 48-75
        Option          "DPMS"
        Modeline "1280x1024@75"   135.00   1280 1296 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028                                               1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Nvidia FX5500"
        Monitor         "SDM-HS75P"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024@75" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

3) restart X

Hope it helps,
Pavlos


S D

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Feb 17, 2009, 3:10:15 PM2/17/09
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--- On Tue, 2/17/09, pavlos.paris wrote:

> Try the following
> 1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run
> xvidtune and tune the settings
> as you wish. Then click on show button, this will
> print on the terminal the setting to be used in
> xorg.conf.

Weird, when I try to run (as root) xvidtune from a terminal window I get:

# xvidtune
Error: Can't open display:

And it's true, I don't have a "Modeline" entry in the Monitor section of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Any ideas? Thanks

Pavlos Parissis

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Feb 17, 2009, 3:20:18 PM2/17/09
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:08:26 -0800 (PST)
S D <sun...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, pavlos.paris wrote:
>
> > Try the following
> > 1) inside GNOME/KDE open a terminal and run
> > xvidtune and tune the settings
> > as you wish. Then click on show button, this will
> > print on the terminal the setting to be used in
> > xorg.conf.
>
> Weird, when I try to run (as root) xvidtune from a terminal window I get:
>
> # xvidtune
> Error: Can't open display:
>
> And it's true, I don't have a "Modeline" entry in the Monitor section of
> the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> Any ideas? Thanks

You don't need root access in order to run that command.

S D

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Feb 17, 2009, 4:10:07 PM2/17/09
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--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis <p_pa...@freemail.gr> wrote:

> You don't need root access in order to run that
> command.

True, but if I run it as a regular user, it gets even funnier:

$ which xvidtune
/usr/bin/xvidtune
$ `which xvidtune`
Please install the program before using
$ /usr/bin/xvidtune
Please install the program before using

It appears some people also had this issue but no solution was provided:

xvidtune always appeared accessible and judging from the below 'c' code the message is internally generated.
http://www.x.org/pub/unsupported/pro...une/xvidtune.c
if (!AppRes.ad_installed) {fprintf(stderr, "Please install the program before using\n"); return 3;}
Maybe an understanding of how the boolean ad_installed is set would clarify matters.

Thanks

Pavlos Parissis

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Feb 17, 2009, 6:00:21 PM2/17/09
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:06:48 -0800 (PST)
S D <sun...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis <p_pa...@freemail.gr> wrote:
>
> > You don't need root access in order to run that
> > command.
>
> True, but if I run it as a regular user, it gets even funnier:
>
> $ which xvidtune
> /usr/bin/xvidtune
> $ `which xvidtune`
> Please install the program before using
> $ /usr/bin/xvidtune
> Please install the program before using
>
> It appears some people also had this issue but no solution was provided:
>
> xvidtune always appeared accessible and judging from the below 'c' code the
> message is internally generated.
> http://www.x.org/pub/unsupported/pro...une/xvidtune.c if (!AppRes.ad_installed)
> {fprintf(stderr, "Please install the program before using\n"); return 3;} Maybe an
> understanding of how the boolean ad_installed is set would clarify matters.
>
> Thanks
>
>

[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
id -a
uid=1000(pparissis) gid=1000(pparissis) groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),34(backup),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),1000(pparissis)
[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
which xvidtune
/usr/bin/xvidtune
[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
dpkg -S /usr/bin/xvidtune
x11-xserver-utils: /usr/bin/xvidtune
[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
aptitude show x11-xserver-utils|grep Version
Version: 7.3+5
[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
xvidtune
Vendor: (null), Model: (null)
Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1
hsync range 0: 28.00 - 80.00
vsync range 0: 48.00 - 75.00
"1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

[pparissis@spartacos][~]$
cat /etc/debian_version
5.0


BTW, have you seen this ?
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#vga-output-bug

S D

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Feb 17, 2009, 6:20:04 PM2/17/09
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--- On Tue, 2/17/09, Pavlos Parissis <p_pa...@freemail.gr> wrote:

> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$
> id -a
> uid=1000(pparissis) gid=1000(pparissis)
> groups=4(adm),20(dialout),24(cdrom),25(floppy),29(audio),34(backup),40(src),44(video),46(plugdev),1000(pparissis)
> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$ which xvidtune
> /usr/bin/xvidtune
> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/xvidtune
> x11-xserver-utils: /usr/bin/xvidtune
> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$ aptitude show x11-xserver-utils|grep Version
> Version: 7.3+5
> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$ xvidtune
> Vendor: (null), Model: (null)
> Num hsync: 1, Num vsync: 1
> hsync range 0: 28.00 - 80.00
> vsync range 0: 48.00 - 75.00
> "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024
> 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
>
> [pparissis@spartacos][~]$
> cat /etc/debian_version
> 5.0

I see no discrepancies when it comes to x11-xserver-utils or debian version. But my xvidtune doesn't run.


> BTW, have you seen this ?
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#vga-output-bug

Yes, I'm not using Intel Mobile GM965 though. I filed a bug, it has more info (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-binbugreport.cgi?bug=515840 ).


Thanks

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