On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Lennart Sorensen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 04:29:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 01/30/2009 04:18 PM, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> >Is it possible to reinstall X.Org server on a multisocket dual-opteron >> >computer running amd64 lenny? >> > >> >Why? Failure of a DIMM bank did no more allow to launch amd64. Removed >> >the faulty slots, amd64 could be launched and the system seemed to be >> >in order. Filled the empty bank with fresh DDR1 ECC, the total memory >> >increased correspondingly. Again, it was now possible to carry out >> >sophisticated chemical calculations. >> > >> >However, needing now to check 3D molecular structures, I found that >> >"startx" does not launch X anymore, X only appearing as a flash at the >> >bottom of the screen. I checked many X-related files against a i386 >> >lenny, ssh linked, computer (in particular /etc/X11/xorg.conf), don't >> >detecting damaged lines. I did not carry out a checksum. Command: >> > >> >tail --lines 200 /var/log/Xorg.0.log|grep EE >> > >> >was not much informative, as shows below between === lines. >> > >> >I suspect that one or more X-related files were damaged as a >> >consequence of the RAM problems above. >> > >> >Thanks >> >francesco pietra. >> > >> >======================== >> >(II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "1920x1440" (insufficient >> >memory for mode) >> >(II) MACH64(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (bad mode >> [snip] >> >drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 >> >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) >> >drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) >> >drmOpenDevice: Open failed >> > >> >Backtrace: >> >0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x6a) [0x48dd0a] >> >1: /lib/libc.so.6 [0x2b1686b4ef60] >> > >> >Fatal server error: >> >Caught signal 11. Server aborting >> >====================== >> >> I'd reinstall the whole system. > > For an ati fglrx driver module missing? > > Seems like overkill. > > The ATI driver loves to crash/segfault if anything displeases it (like > running 8bit colour mode, which some versions default to).
Does fglrx support the Mach64 chip? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
