Hello all. I'm running testing with all the latest packages as of Nov 14. I have a Matrox G100 card with four vga ports. It was working great until I rebooted my workstation yesterday. Unfortunately it had an uptime of over 120 days and I don't believe I restarted my X session during that time. In other words, I don't know what version of X and related packages last worked - only that 120 days ago X started up fine.
When I try to start X with my original XF86Config-4 file, it complains
about my DefaultDepth. So I lowered that from 16 to 8. Then it complained
about not finding /dev/input/mice. So I commented out that mouse
definition. Then it complained about DRI only being supported for the
G200/G400/G550 cards. So I commented out all parts that referenced DRI. It
still complains about DRI.
After much searching (and not much luck) on Google web & newsgroups I went
and installed the following from stable out of desperation:
xfree86-common_4.1.0-16_all.deb
xlib6g_4.1.0-16_all.deb
xlibs_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
xserver-common_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
xserver-xfree86_4.1.0-16_i386.deb
The error messages were rearranged, but still no X.
In all cases and XF86Config-4 files, all my monitors come out of power
save mode, flicker a few seconds later, then I'm thrown back to console.
I'm attaching my original XF86Config-4 last known to work, along with the
console output of startx when I try and use it now.
I'm also attaching the XF86Config-4 file with DefaultDepth lowered to 8
and DRI stuff commented out, along with the console output of startx when
I try and use that.
Any assistance or insight would be appreciated. As much as I love console,
even in "extended" vga mode, I've been spoiled by 1280x1024 desktops with
large rxvts and tiny fonts. :)
Here's some other (hopefully) useful info:
$ uname -a
Linux haze 2.4.18 #1 SMP Wed Nov 13 14:31:59 EST 2002 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
/proc/pci:
Bus 2, device 1, function 0:
VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x43000000 [0x43ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42000000 [0x42003fff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40000000 [0x407fffff].
Bus 2, device 5, function 0:
Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#2) (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x44000000 [0x44ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42100000 [0x42103fff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x40800000 [0x40ffffff].
Bus 2, device 9, function 0:
Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#3) (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x45000000 [0x45ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42200000 [0x42203fff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x41000000 [0x417fffff].
Bus 2, device 13, function 0:
Display controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G100 [Productiva] (#4) (rev 1).
IRQ 11.
Master Capable. Latency=64.
Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x46000000 [0x46ffffff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x42300000 [0x42303fff].
Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x41800000 [0x41ffffff].
In case my attachment gets mangled, here's the output of startx with my
DefaultDepth set to 8 and DRI stuff commented out:
$ startx
hostname 2.08
XFree86 Version 4.2.1 (Debian 4.2.1-3 20021016191246 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) / X Window
System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 3 September 2002
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/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Nov 14 15:10:59 2002
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(EE) Failed to load module "pex5" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "xie" (module does not exist, 0)
(WW) MGA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:13:0) found
(EE) MGA(0): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
(EE) MGA(1): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
(EE) MGA(2): [drm] Direct rendering only supported with G200/G400/G550 AGP
Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
$
BusID PCI:2:13:0 would be the fourth port on the card, which I'm not
using. Odd, that it's still trying to use DRI even though I commented it
all out from XF86Config-4.
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