Re: Fwd: Xfree86: "no screens found" with default configuration

[John Christian]

Kent West wrote:

Andreas Janssen wrote:

Hello

John Christian (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:

 

[XFree does not work]
  


 

Ok ... I've gone through my config this way, looking for any obvious
badnesses ... I'm using the i810 driver as
per the instructions on Intel's site for the 845GE graphics chip ...
so i810 looks like what I should be using.
The only (EE) message happens at the very end (full output attached if
it's possibly more revealing):
(II) I810: Driver for Intel i810 chipset: i810, i810-dc100, i810e,
i815 (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
  


Looks like your chip is not supported by the i810 driver in XFree 4.1.
Check the xfree86 Website (under Support and Documentation). I think
you either haveto upgrade to a newer version of XFree or use the vesa
driver instead. Maybe Intel also offers drivers that work with XFree
4.1.
 

I agree with Andreas; I've got some new Dell Optiplex GX270s that have 
Intel 84xxG (don't have them in front of me at the moment) video 
chipsets, that the i810 in X in unstable won't recognize; even if I 
use the vesa driver I have to drop my resolution to 640x, or my color 
depth to 8-bit if I want 1024x. Really irritating.

Ok ... so I tried messing a bit more with the vesa driver (which I was 
hesitant to do, as last time I used it it only provided 640x480 8bits 
max), and I've managed to get it to do 1024x768 16 bits here now ... 
which is surprising, in a good way needless to say.  It would also die 
with a "no screens found" if I tried a full 24-bits, for some reason.
I gave it a semi-arbitrary "8000" for the Device's VideoRam field, too, 
as I recall the default was 8000-something.

But, X is up now! :)

Thanks,
-John
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]