On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Ray Pratt wrote: > Mr. Mark Vojkovich: > > Thank you. I went back through the log file, and > you're right, it shows that I have two video cards, > even though that's not true -- I only have the SIS > 6326 card, a Turtle Beach sound card, and a modem > card, AND THAT'S IT. Although I have on-board video > (who doesn't?), I don't think it would be a high-end > chip name like Nvidia, unless I'm mistaken. The Riva 128 isn't a high end chip and there were motherboards that had one on board. Yours appears to be one of them. > > I'm going to read the various manuals that I can find > via the command line before I ask for any more help. > Thank you! You'll want to do "man XF86Config" Creating a ServerLayout section that only references the SiS card will probably solve the immediate problem. You may alread have such a ServerLayout and it's merely a matter of moving it to the top of the XF86Config file. Mark. > > Very Respectfully, > Ray > --- Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2003, Ray Pratt wrote: > > > > > Mr. Mark Vojkovich: > > > > > > Thank you for replying. I wanted to ask if your > > > suggested fix below was intended for someone else > > or > > > for me since I'm not using a Riva128 card as far > > as I > > > know. Does the problem come from that bug > > regardless? > > > > Your XFree86.0.log shows you have two cards in > > your > > system: > > > > (--) PCI:*(0:13:0) Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] > > 86C326 5598/6326 rev > > 11, Mem @ 0xfb800000/23, 0xfebf0000/16, I/O @ > > 0xec00/7, BIOS @ > > 0xfebe0000/16 > > (--) PCI: (1:0:0) NVidia / SGS Thomson (Joint > > Venture) Riva128 rev 34, > > > > Your X-Server is configured to use both cards: > > > > (**) |-->Screen "screen1" (0) > > (**) | |-->Monitor "monitor1" > > (**) | |-->Device "device1" > > (**) |-->Screen "screen2" (1) > > (**) | |-->Monitor "monitor2" > > (**) | |-->Device "device2" > > > > It's choking of the second card due to the bug I > > mentioned. > > > > If you only want to use the SiS card you should > > make sure > > the Section "ServerLayout" in the > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 only > > references screen1 (your SiS screen). Or if you > > have multiple > > "ServerLayout" sections, that the one you want to > > use is listed > > first. > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > I just signed up for the great mailing list here > > and > > > was surprized that so many people are having the > > same > > > problem with Mandrake Linux 9.1's X-Server not > > > working. I thought that Mandrake 9.1 would be > > ready > > > for newbie prime time, but apparently not. > > > > > > I can go to the University of Arizona library and > > > download ISO's of any linux I want, so do you or > > > anyone else have a suggestion as to which > > distribution > > > would be the most trouble free? (LinEx, the > > > woody-based distribution from Spain, works fine, > > but > > > it's missing a lot of features.) > > > > > > Very Respectfully, > > > Ray > > > > > > --- Mark Vojkovich <mvojkovi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > There's a bug in the 4.3.0 NV driver in the > > > > Riva128 support. > > > > Putting: > > > > > > > > Option "NoDDC" > > > > > > > > in the Section "Device" for the Riva128 should > > clear > > > > that up. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Ray D Pratt wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear XFree86 Friends: > > > > > > > > > > I'm new to Linux, and I just installed > > Mandrake > > > > Linux 9.1 on my old > > > > > Gateway G-366 Celeron with 96 megs of RAM and > > a > > > > 20-gigabyte hardrive and > > > > > a SIS 6326 video card. The install screen was > > > > clear and beautiful, but > > > > > after the re-boot I got a message saying that > > > > X-Server won't run. After > > > > > several hours of reading an old Linux book and > > > > going through manuals in > > > > > text mode, I was finally figured out how to > > copy > > > > the XFree86.0.log file > > > > > to a DOS floppy so that I could send it to you > > as > > > > instructed in the > > > > > manual pages. > > > > > > > > > > The log file is included below, and I hope > > very > > > > much that you can help me > > > > > get X-Server running. > > > > > > > > > > Very Respectfully, > > > > > Ray Donald Pratt > > > > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
