begin quoting Brice Goglin as of Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:07:26AM +0100: > Brice Goglin wrote: > >>> Let's see what you get with the ATI driver, the other warnings might be > >>> related to the VGA driver. Try without DRI first. > >>> > >>> > >> Okay. I now get a new and different behavior: an all black screen. I > >> commented out the 1600x1280 resolutions ('cuz it's an older CRT that > >> might not handle it, I guessed), and no change. Oh, and it beeps at > >> me -- I can't alt-Fn or control-alt-Fn to another virtual desktop. > >> > >> > > > > Are you sure that your vertical and horizontal sync ranges are ok? Or > > did you just choose them randomly? Do you by chance remember what you > > had in XF86Config when it worked? Looking at the /etc/X11/XF86Config* > > files that remains on your machine might help, we never know... > > > > Also, you could eventually try much lower resolutions. Once we'll have > > found a working setup, even very minimal, it might be better to fix the > > remaining problems. > > > > Just to be sure, could you look at http://wiki.debian.org/XorgOnSparc > > and see whether it talks of some hardware you have? > > > > There are still things about DRI in your Xorg.0.log, apparently caused > > by AIGLX being enabled by default. You could try add Option "AIGLX" > > "false" to the ServerLayout section and see what happens. But there are > > very few chances that it actually helps. > > > > I am running out of ideas here, apart from trying a 2.6 kernel. > > Eventually, you could install xserver-xorg-video-vesa and try the vesa > > driver instead of ati. > > > > Hi Stewart, > > Is there anything new about this bug? Did you manage to look at what I > said above?
Sorry, got a little busy. I let the system choose the horizontal and vertical sync ranges; however, it *used* to come up with the black-and-white stippled background with the X cursor, which implies (to me) that the sync values are okay, 'cuz that's what I expect to see when I type "startx". I'm not sure the XF86Config values will be any good, as I did full purges of all things X and then reinstalled a few times. Using control-alt-keypad-{+/-} should step through the resolutions, so I should get to a much lower resolution that way, yes? It doesn't work, but it beeps like mad when I hit the alt key anyway, and I can't even alt-Fn or control-alt-Fn, so there's something screwy about the input now. The Wiki has a mention of someone using an Ultra10, but having to disable some sort of card. I have not chased this down, as I don't know if I have that card, nor what the card would look like, nor am I sure my work would like my playing with the hardware like that. That does seem to be the most promising line at the moment, however. IIRC, I added the Option AIGLX false as recommended, and as you guessed, no change. I have not tried installing the 2.6 kernel (I'd like to hear of someone running 2.6 on an Ultra10 first, as I had very bad luck with that from before). I have not tried the xserver-org-video-vesa yet (I had wanted to try that before responding, and then Stuff Came Up, and it got pushed off my plate for the moment). I truly appreciate the efforts you've made in trying to chase this down. I hope I can solve this before the whole issue is rendered moot, as long-running problems are apt to be overcome by events. Thanks again. I meant to find out if you were going to be at SCALE, but I forgot to ask. Were you, by any chance? -Stewart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]