I've spent 8 days trying to fix this one. It happened the day after I got PLIP working, but that's irrelevant since I reinstalled redhat numerous times. I've attached the screen output (startx 2>xerror) and the /var/log/Xerror log. This output was obtained immediately after installing RH5.0 on a fresh partition on a pentium laptop. Video is 2MB Trident 9660 (verified by SuperProbe) driving a DSTN 800x600x24 display. Any help would be appreciated. George -- Thought: Why does my six year old 486/66 running Linux perform comparably to my one year old 686/166 running Windows95?
Metro Link, Inc Version 4.1.0/ X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Operating System: Linux 2.0.31 i586 [ELF] Configured drivers: (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XMetroconfig (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) LogFile set to "/var/log/Xerrors" _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
Metro Link, Inc Version 4.1.0/ X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Operating System: Linux 2.0.31 i586 [ELF] XF86Config: /etc/X11/XMetroconfig (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) FontPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/rgb" (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules" (**) XKB: keymap: "none" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a loading extension SHAPE loading extension Multi-Buffering loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD loading extension BIG-REQUESTS loading extension SYNC loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER loading extension XC-MISC loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension loading extension XFree86-Misc loading extension XFree86-DGA loading extension DPMS Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/trident_drv.o Module trident_drv.o: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libxaa.a Module libxaa.a: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/xaavga256.o Module xaavga256: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/xaa32.o Module xaa32: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 (--) Screen 0: SVGA (**) XF86: color depth: 32bpp Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libmfb.a Module libmfb.a: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libcfb.a Module libcfb.a: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libcfb32.a Module libcfb32.a: vendor="Metro Link, Inc." compiled for 0x312000c, module version = 0x10001 Symbol CompareTimeStamps from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol CompareTimeStamps from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol clients from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol CreateUnclippedWinSize from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol ClientSleepUntil from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol ResetCurrentRequest from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol clients from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol clients from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol clients from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libextmod.a is unresolved! Symbol vgaSaveScreenPix from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbDoBitblt from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vgaRestoreScreenPix from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbDoBitblt from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga16CreateDefColormap from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbCreateDefColormap from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol Init16Output from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbScreenInit from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbDoBitbltCopyInverted from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol vga2_mfbDoBitbltCopy from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol mfbDoBitbltTwoBanksCopyInverted from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol mfbDoBitbltTwoBanksCopy from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libvga256.a is unresolved! Symbol cfbCopyPlane1to16 from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libxaa.a is unresolved! Symbol cfbCopyPlane16to1 from module /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Metro/modules/libxaa.a is unresolved! Warning: Some symbols couldn't be resolved! (--) Trident chipset version: 0xd3 (TGUI96xx) (--) SVGA: Detected a Trident 9385. (--) SVGA: Detected an DSTN 800x600 Display (--) SVGA: Revision 176. (--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks (**) SVGA: Using 32 bpp, Depth 24, Color weight: 888 (--) SVGA: chipset: tgui96xx (**) SVGA: videoram: 2048k (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 70.000 MHz (**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 40.000 Fatal server error: (--) SVGA: Too Little VideoRam for Accelerator Engine (--) SVGA: Required resolution with accelerator is 1024x600. (--) SVGA: Reduce your Virtual X resolution to 512, or use Option "noaccel". 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