> "Don Jackson (AE5K)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wrote: > I used the Debian Installer TC1 ... it installs, but gdm fails. I > looked at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, cannot determine what my problem > is. > > Using Diamond Stealth SE video card with S3 Trio 732 chip, 1 MB > memory. Motherboard is FIC 503VA+, CPU is K6-2.
> It appears it should be using the s3_drv.o driver which is present at > /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/s3_drv.o > The /var/log/XFree86.0.log is posted on web page: > http://azark.com/xfreelog/XFree86.0.log > (instead of including about 40k worth of text in this message > posting!) > > Here are the last few lines of that log: > > (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:22:0) > found > (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:23:0) > found > (WW) s3: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:9:24:0) > found > (EE) No devices detected. > Fatal server error: > no screens found > Can anyone give me pointers of how to proceed? Not a total noob, but > still far away from guru status ;-) > Thanks, > Don Did you turn off frame buffering, I have an old Nvidia card that everytime I use frame buffering it will crash with a similar message, even if the device section is correct. Also look at the obvious Device section see if your BusID is correct. Also try a regular Vesa driver, see if you get screen output, if your xserver starts with a different driver, then you know its a driver problem. Rthoreau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
