On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, sowmya menon wrote:
-> today i tried installing fedora 4 . when i installed
It's not which linux distro you install, stick with the most up to date one
you like. Old versions of software can have serious security bugs in them that
could let someone else take control of your machine remotely.
-> the previous versions it showed error "Unable to probe
-> video settings" while installation. but fedora 4 didnt
-> show any errors. it probed the video card -sis
-> 300/305.
-> but after installation still the Gui didnt come up. i
-> am sending the log file and config file.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
That config file is very long and differicult to follow, I think it's trying
to give an example of every possible parameter. IMO, you'd do better to write
a simple one of your own from these and the manpages examples.
-> > >Parse error on line 242
-> > >Config file /etc/X11/XF86Config
-> > >"Device" is not a valid keyword in this section
Bad config file. The configuration file format is detailed in the file
XF86Config.5x (as XFree86 distributes it), on my system there is no 5x man
section, so I move it to XF86Config.5.
man 5 XF86Config
or maybe
man 5x XF86Config
if you have a 5x section
Sis card specifics are described here:
man 4 sis
-> > >(EE) problem parsing config file
-> > >(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfig()
-> > >
-> > >Fatal server error: no screens found
Bad config file. The one that comes with many distros is a little "off". They
make it generic to fit all sorts of things, but in reality yours is only one
card. Just note the format of it, particularly what sections are required,
then start your own new one, following the format for a guide, but using the
right parameters for your own system.
My device section:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel i810"
Driver "i810"
#VideoRam 431000
VideoRam 231000
Option "DRI" "false"
Option "XVideo" "true"
Option "NoAccel" "false"
EndSection
In /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers
is file sis_drv.o, which if you have a Sis card might be the one you need (I
don't know this card myself, but this seems like a logical guess), so a start
point for you Device section might be like this:
The drivers are the file names, without the _drv.o part at the end. For a
different card, select one of the other drivers you see there.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Sis Card"
Driver "sis"
# Options go here, but sometimes aren't really needed
EndSection
For the Options section, which you might not need if the above is enough, look
in 'man 4 sis', about line 58 or so down the screen.
When you do your screen section later, you take the "Sis Card" Identifier, and
plug it in:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "Sis Card"
...
...
and so on...
It might take awhile to get a good config; make some changes to
/etc/X11/XF86Config, try to run X. If it's not working yet, read the log and
see if it says anything to help you. Make some more changes, save it, try
again.
Here's a finished example of one with all it's
sections from my first machine:
## --------------------------------------------------
## X11R6 Configuration
##
## Configuration file for X Window
## using S3_Virge card driver
## (Works for both XFree86 and X.Org with minor
## adjustments)
##
## --------------------------------------------------
Section "Module"
SubSection "extmod"
EndSubSection
# Things in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "speedo"
Load "xtt"
# Ext. in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "record"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
EndSection
# Some configs, especially RedHat, use the xfs here, but
# you can just use paths to fonts like this
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
ModulePath "/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/char/drm"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama"
Option "AllowDeactivateGrabs" "true"
Option "AllowClosedownGrabs" "true"
EndSection
# Change this depending on which X11 distro is in use
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
# XFree86 uses this one:
Driver "Keyboard"
# ...and this one is for X.org (shorter name)
#Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CrystalScan"
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 ViRGE"
Driver "s3virge"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "S3 ViRGE"
Monitor "CrystalScan"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Complex Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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