Problems Starting X....
W. Crowshaw
Linuxppc potato install. I've installed it on upgraded 7500 with a
Apple 15" Multiscan monitor. At startup, before I am given a login
prompt at the console, the screen fades to black three times. I
think this happens when xdm is called up.
When I type as root startx, I don't have any more luck. The screen
goes black and then it gives me the following output:
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XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 2000
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.15pre13 ppc [ELF]
Configured drivers:
FBDev: Server for frame buffer device
(Patchlevel 11): mfb, afb, cfb8, cfb16, cfb32, NCR 77C32BLT
(accel), ATI Mach64 (accel), IMS TwinTurbo (accel), 3Dlabs Permedia 2
(accel)
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(--) no ModulePath specified using default: /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
XIE extension module for XFree86 3.3.6
(**) module xie.so successfully loaded from /usr/X11R6/lib/modules
(**) XKB: disabled
(**) Mouse: type: BusMouse, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) FBDev: Graphics device ID: "Linux Frame Buffer Device"
(**) FBDev: Monitor ID: "Generic Monitor"
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x400" needs vert refresh rate of 69.93 Hz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x400" needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 43.92 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 48.36 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "512x384" needs vert refresh rate of 77.97 Hz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "512x384" needs hsync freq of 34.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "320x200" needs vert refresh rate of 69.93 Hz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "320x240" needs hsync freq of 39.38 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 37.88 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "400x300" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 35.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 37.80 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 39.56 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "480x300" needs hsync freq of 48.00 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 34.72 kHz. Deleted.
(--) FBDev: Mode "832x624" needs hsync freq of 50.00 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(**) FBDev: Using default frame buffer video mode
(--) FBDev: Frame buffer device: OFfb control
(--) FBDev: Video memory: 2047K @ 0x94800210
(--) FBDev: MMIO regs: 0K @ (nil)
(--) FBDev: Type 0 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 32
(--) FBDev: Hardware accelerator: None
(--) FBDev: No driver support for hardware acceleration
bpp = 32, depth = 32, BitsPerRGB = 8
(--) FBDev: Using cfb32 driver
Caught signal 11.
Server aborting...
Please forward information about this crash to XFr...@XFree86.org
including the _full_ output of the X server.
To analyse the crash dump, please type
gdb X /root/core
where
and include this output in your report. Thanks!
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
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Now I am new to debian linux, so I don't really know what to do. I
have ran Linuxppc R5 with X and everything worked fine.
Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!
Thanks,
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W. Crowshaw
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Griff Miller II
>
> I am having big problems getting X windows to start on my Debian
> Linuxppc potato install. I've installed it on upgraded 7500 with a
> Apple 15" Multiscan monitor. At startup, before I am given a login
> prompt at the console, the screen fades to black three times. I
> think this happens when xdm is called up.
This is a long shot, but this happened to me.
Look at /etc/X11/XF86Config . Near the bottom, you will see a stanza like:
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Driver "fbdev"
Device "IMS TT (IBM)"
Monitor "Sony CPD-100SF"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1152x864"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1152 864
EndSubsection
EndSection
If Depth is set to 32, try switching it to 24. If 24, try 32. You
can just use a texteditor like vi to do this. Then try starting X
again.
Until you get X working, you can edit this line in /etc/inittab
to stop X from trying to start at boot:
id:5:initdefault:
Change it to 3:
id:3:initdefault:
One other thing - once you get X working, you may find that v3.3.6 of
/usr/bin/X11/XF68_FBDev gives weird colors. That happened to me when I
went from XFree86 3.3.5 to 3.3.6 . I just "downgraded" the X server
part to 3.3.5, and all is well now. If you have trouble finding the
3.3.5 version of XF68_FBDev, email me and I can send it to you.
Hope this helps! Good luck.
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Griff Miller II
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