[Techtalk] X does not start - XFree86 log messages

Subba Rao subba9 at home.com
Wed Sep 12 12:26:47 EST 2001


Hello,

I am trying to start X windows on a Slackware 8 Linux running
on IBM PC (300GL). When I do "xf86cfg" I get the configuration panel
for a second and X goes into session (twm or so). To terminate
the session, I use Cntrl-Alt-Backspace and ^C.

There is another identical PC with Slackware 8 Linux running
X windows successfully. I copied XF86Config to /etc/X11/ and
I got the errors (after "starttx") listed below. How do I narrow
down to the required file sets or configuration issues? 

Thank you in advance for any help.
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Subba Rao
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XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 2 June 2001
     If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
     newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
     reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.2.19 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Sep 11 14:11:02 2001
(==) Using config file: "/root/XF86Config"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "IBM"
(**) |   |-->Device "My Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Cannot open APM
(II) Module ABI versions:
     XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
     XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4
     XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2
     XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
     XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
     ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0
     ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0691 card 0000,0000 rev c4 class 06,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,8598 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr
01
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1106,0596 card 0000,0000 rev 12 class 06,01,00 hdr
80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 1106,0571 card 0000,0000 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:02:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 08 class 0c,03,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:02:3: chip 1106,3050 card 0000,0000 rev 20 class 06,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 10b7,9200 card 10b7,1000 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 125d,1988 card 1014,017b rev 10 class 04,01,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 5333,8a22 card 1092,4906 rev 04 class 03,00,00 hdr
00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 0.1.0
     ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0xfeb00000 - 0xfebfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xfe9fffff (0xea00000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) S3 Savage4 rev 4, Mem @ 0xfeb80000/19, 0xf0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
     [0] -1    0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
     [1] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
     [0] -1    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
     [1] -1    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
     [2] -1    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
     [3] -1    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
     [4] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
     [5] -1    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
     [6] -1    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
     [0] -1    0xfeafff80 - 0xfeafffff (0x80) MX[B]
     [1] -1    0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
     [2] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
     [3] -1    0xfeb80000 - 0xfebfffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
     [4] -1    0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [5] -1    0x00007480 - 0x000074ff (0x80) IX[B]
     [6] -1    0x0000fff0 - 0x0000ffff (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges:
     [0] -1    0x0000fce0 - 0x0000fcff (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
     [0] -1    0xfeafff80 - 0xfeafffff (0x80) MX[B]
     [1] -1    0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
     [2] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
     [3] -1    0xfeb80000 - 0xfebfffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
     [4] -1    0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [5] -1    0x00007480 - 0x000074ff (0x80) IX[B]
     [6] -1    0x0000fff0 - 0x0000ffff (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
     [0] -1    0x0000fce0 - 0x0000fcff (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
     [0] -1    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
     [1] -1    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
     [2] -1    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
     [3] -1    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
     [4] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
     [5] -1    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
     [6] -1    0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
     [0] -1    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
     [1] -1    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
     [2] -1    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
     [3] -1    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
     [4] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
     [5] -1    0xfeafff80 - 0xfeafffff (0x80) MX[B]
     [6] -1    0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
     [7] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
     [8] -1    0xfeb80000 - 0xfebfffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
     [9] -1    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
     [10] -1   0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [11] -1   0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [12] -1   0x00007480 - 0x000074ff (0x80) IX[B]
     [13] -1   0x0000fff0 - 0x0000ffff (0x10) IX[B]
     [14] -1   0x0000fce0 - 0x0000fcff (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
     ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
     ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
     ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.1.9
     Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
     ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "vga"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vga_drv.o
(II) Module vga: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 4.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
     ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
     compiled for 4.1.0, module version = 1.0.0
     Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
     ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset generic found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
     [0] -1    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
     [1] -1    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
     [2] -1    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
     [3] -1    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
     [4] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
     [5] -1    0xfeafff80 - 0xfeafffff (0x80) MX[B]
     [6] -1    0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
     [7] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
     [8] -1    0xfeb80000 - 0xfebfffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
     [9] -1    0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
     [10] -1   0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [11] -1   0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [12] -1   0x00007480 - 0x000074ff (0x80) IX[B]
     [13] -1   0x0000fff0 - 0x0000ffff (0x10) IX[B]
     [14] -1   0x0000fce0 - 0x0000fcff (0x20) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
     [0] -1    0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
     [1] -1    0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
     [2] -1    0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
     [3] -1    0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
     [4] -1    0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
     [5] -1    0xfeafff80 - 0xfeafffff (0x80) MX[B]
     [6] -1    0xec000000 - 0xefffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
     [7] -1    0xf0000000 - 0xf7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
     [8] -1    0xfeb80000 - 0xfebfffff (0x80000) MX[B](B)
     [9] 0     0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
     [10] 0    0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
     [11] 0    0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
     [12] -1   0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
     [13] -1   0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [14] -1   0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[B]
     [15] -1   0x00007480 - 0x000074ff (0x80) IX[B]
     [16] -1   0x0000fff0 - 0x0000ffff (0x10) IX[B]
     [17] -1   0x0000fce0 - 0x0000fcff (0x20) IX[B]
     [18] 0    0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
     [19] 0    0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(EE) VGA(0): Driver can't support depth 24
(II) UnloadModule: "vga"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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