On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:44, Jim Cornette wrote: > Nigel Henry wrote: > > Hi. I'm not having much success here. The machine is a Gateway 500 P111 > > Katmai, with 256MB RAM. Graphics card is an old Rage128, using the r128 > > driver. FC1,2,and3 on this machine have no problems with the driver. I > > can play DVD's ok, no judders in the video, and the sound is in sync. > > > > With FC5, the only way I can get X to start is by changing the r128 > > driver for the vesa one in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. The graphics are pretty > > much ok using the vesa driver, apart from playing DVD's, when it's like > > going back to the days of the silent movies. > > > > Some sort of reply would be appreciated. /sbin/lspci for the graphics > > card is below, and also the message from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log, for the > > last time I tried the r128 driver after doing updates to the system. > > > > /sbin/lspci > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RL/VR > > AGP > > > > And this is some output from /etc/sysconfig/hwconf > > class: VIDEO > > bus: PCI > > detached: 0 > > driver: aty128fb > > desc: "ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 RL/VR AGP" > > video.xdriver: r128 > > vendorId: 1002 > > deviceId: 524c > > subVendorId: 1002 > > subDeviceId: 0008 > > pciType: 1 > > pcidom: 0 > > pcibus: 1 > > pcidev: 0 > > pcifn: 0 > > - > > class: VIDEO > > bus: DDC > > detached: 0 > > desc: "ATI Technologies Inc. R128" > > mem: 8192 > > > > Message from /var/log/Xorg.setup.log > > > > X Window System Version 7.0.0 > > Release Date: 21 December 2005 > > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0 > > Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.9-22.18.bz155725.ELsmp i686Red Hat, Inc. > > Current Operating System: Linux localhost > > 2.6.16-1.2080.13.rrt.rhfc5.ccrma #1 PREEMPT Sat Apr 22 19:05:27 EDT 2006 > > i686 > > Build Date: 02 May 2006 > > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org > > to make sure that you have the latest version. > > 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: "/dev/null", Time: Sat May 27 00:12:42 2006 > > (++) Using config file: "/tmp/tmp5Ed8TDxorg.config" > > (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0x9000 e: 0x90ff correcting > > Requesting insufficient memory window!: start: 0x9000 end: 0x90ff size > > 0xf0120100 > > Requesting insufficient memory window!: start: 0x9400 end: 0x94ff size > > 0xf0120100 > > Requesting insufficient memory window!: start: 0x9800 end: 0x98ff size > > 0xf0120100 > > Requesting insufficient memory window!: start: 0x9c00 end: 0x9cff size > > 0xf0120100 > > (EE) Cannot find a replacement memory range > > > > *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not > > *** be the reason for the server aborting. > > > > Backtrace: > > 0: /usr/bin/Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x87) [0x80b86c7] > > 1: [0x472420] > > 2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so(R128FreeScreen+0x2b) > > [0x13ea9b] 3: /usr/bin/Xorg(xf86DeleteScreen+0x5e) [0x80c50ee] > > 4: /usr/bin/Xorg(InitOutput+0x9e4) [0x80a2364] > > 5: /usr/bin/Xorg(main+0x276) [0x806ffc6] > > 6: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x4a5724] > > 7: /usr/bin/Xorg(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xb1) [0x806f511] > > > > Fatal server error: > > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > > > > > This is an old Rage 128 graphics card, not some cutting edge high > > performance gamers card, that needs the latest drivers from the card > > manufacturers. > > > > Help would be appreciated. Nigel. > > You might get some clues using 'info r128' > I browsed the info page and it refers to your video card as supported. > It lists modes and parameters also. > > Excerpt: > SUPPORTED HARDWARE > The r128 driver supports all ATI Rage 128 based video cards including > the Rage Fury AGP 32MB, the XPERT 128 AGP 16MB and the XPERT 99 AGP > 8MB. > > CONFIGURATION DETAILS > Please refer to xorg.conf(5x) for general configuration details. This > section only covers configuration details specific to this driver. > > Jim Thanks for that Jim. I'll look at it tomorrow, as it's very late here now. Nigel. > > > -- > Fourth Law of Applied Terror: > The night before the English History mid-term, your Biology > instructor will assign 200 pages on planaria. > > Corollary: > Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except > study for that instructor's course.
