On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 15:23 +0200, Beppe G. wrote: > Jeff Vian wrote: > > >On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 09:40 +0200, Beppe G. wrote: > > > > > >>Hi All. > >>My m/b (Intel G915EV) ships with an integrated video adapter. > >>I tried to install an external card cause I need more VRAM. So I plugged > >>in an ATI Radeon X600pro PCI Express. > >>Booting the system, FC4 recognize new adapter but the system freeze > >>completely at X login (either KDE and Gnome), > >>mouse and keyboard not responds and the only thing I can do is to reboot. > >>Have you any idea for a such problem? > >> > >>Below you can see the xorg.cong automatically configured. > >> > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >> > >>Beppe > >> > >> > >> > > > >X is configured for the original adapter and the driver will not work > >with the new adapter. > > > >boot to runlevel 3 (text login) and run > >"system-config-display --reconfig" > >This should auto detect the new adapter and properly configure the > >driver to at least get it running. > > > >If you need the capabilities of the card to support 3d and other > >advanced things, you will need to install the ATI drivers. > > > > > > > Thanks Jeff. > Actually are you sure X is configured for the original adapter (Intel > chipset)? > If you look at the automatically created configuration below you can see > a "correct" driver! > Anyway I'll try to reconfigure it. > Oops, I did not see that. However, it may be that driver or other config is not good enough for the pci express card. The --reconfig option does a complete rebuild of the xorg.conf file without taking into account earlier settings so it (theoretically) should properly setup X properly. This does not always work perfectly. I had to manually set the scan rates for my flatscreen monitor in order to get the full 1600x1200 resolution to work. > Beppe > > >># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > >> > >> > >>Section "ServerLayout" > >> Identifier "Default Layout" > >> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > >> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "Files" > >># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the > >># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally > >># no need to change the default. > >> > >># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) > >># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of > >># the X server to render fonts. > >> > >> > >> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > >> FontPath "unix/:7100" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "Module" > >> Load "dbe" > >> Load "extmod" > >> Load "fbdevhw" > >> Load "glx" > >> Load "record" > >> Load "freetype" > >> Load "type1" > >> Load "dri" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "InputDevice" > >># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) > >># Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" > >> > >> > >># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. > >># Option "XkbDisable" > >> > >> > >># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the > >># lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. > >># keyboard, you will probably want to use: > >># Option "XkbModel" "pc102" > >># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: > >># Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" > >># > >># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. > >># For example, a german layout can be obtained with: > >># Option "XkbLayout" "de" > >># or: > >># Option "XkbLayout" "de" > >># Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" > >># > >># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and > >># control keys, use: > >># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" > >># Or if you just want both to be control, use: > >># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" > >># > >> Identifier "Keyboard0" > >> Driver "kbd" > >> Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > >> Option "XkbLayout" "us" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "InputDevice" > >> Identifier "Mouse0" > >> Driver "mouse" > >> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > >> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > >> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "Monitor" > >> Identifier "Monitor0" > >> VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > >> ModelName "Unknown monitor" > >> HorizSync 31.5 - 37.9 > >> VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 > >> Option "dpms" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "Device" > >> Identifier "Videocard0" > >> Driver "radeon" > >> VendorName "Videocard vendor" > >> BoardName "ATI Radeon X600" > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "Screen" > >> Identifier "Screen0" > >> Device "Videocard0" > >> Monitor "Monitor0" > >> DefaultDepth 16 > >> SubSection "Display" > >> Viewport 0 0 > >> Depth 16 > >> Modes "800x600" "640x480" > >> EndSubSection > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >>Section "DRI" > >> Group 0 > >> Mode 0666 > >>EndSection > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
