On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:36, Bill Traynor wrote: > > >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 18:09, Bill Traynor wrote: > >> > >> >From: Michel Dänzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> >On Don, 2002-10-24 at 16:23, Bill Traynor wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I've been trying to configure X on a 14.1" iBook with an ATI > >> >Radeon M6 > >> >> LY and I've been unsuccesful. I've installed kernel > >> >2.4.20-pre11-ben0 > >> >> and the dri-trunk debs. When I issue: > >> >> > >> >> modprobe agpgart > >> >> insmod /usr/src/modules/drm-trunk/radeon.o > >> >> startx > >> >> > >> >> the screen flickers slightly and then just sits there blank. > >> >> > >> >> After rebooting, my X log only shows 1 error: Cannot read V_BIOS > >> >> (5) > >> > > >> >That's not a problem. A common problem is using a wrong mode, > >> >but we'd have to see the log to be sure. > >> > >> Good point, here's my log and XF86Config-4 as well: > > > >[...] > > > >> Fatal server error: > >> could not open default font 'fixed' > > > >Install xfonts-base or better x-window-system-core. It's > >strange that you didn't get back to console though, maybe > >you'd have had to switch between VTs for radenfb to > >reinitialize the display. > > Done. > > Now, following startx the machine returns to the console with: > > Could not initiate font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
If there are no more errors in the log, it sounds like the X server runs fine, but the client side session aborts immediately. Do you have a desktop environment or a window manager installed? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
