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#1 2008-08-27 21:17:08

switch86
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Registered: 2008-08-25
Posts: 24

startx kicking out multiple errors

I've been working on getting Xorg.conf set up for awhile now. I've tried with various drivers (the free ati driver, radeon driver, and vesa). At one point I got vesa working but now I can't even get vesa up. Trying different config methods causes issues across the board. I'd prefer to get ATI's proprietary video drivers working and I am pretty sure my card is supported by the Catalyst drivers (7800 and above?). If I have to fall back to the free ati or radeon drivers, that would be okay but I'd rather not have to go with vesa.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)

I'm pretty sure it's an AGP card. My monitor (probably not important) is a Sony Trinitron E240.

So, going forward with the attempt of getting the Catalyst drivers running, I run:
pacman -Sy catalyst
aticonfig --intial (as root)

startx (as normal user)

Here, I get:

(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed : 7
[several times over]

The other errors at the end are:

(EE)fglrx(0): [agp] Failed to set AGP mode!
(EE)fglrx(0): cannot init AGP
(EE)fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed, GPS not been initialized.
(EE)fglrx(0): XMM failed to open CMMQS connection.
[some font errors that appear to be non-fatal]

I'll post the entire Xorg.0.log if needed, but as far as I can tell the big errors are the ones that are kicked out when running startx.

Xorg.conf (some snipped):

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "ServerLayout"

# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "record"
        #   Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option      "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

<snipped input devices>

Section "Monitor"
 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#       VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
        #  Default modes distilled from
        #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
        #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
        #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
        # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
<ModeLines snipped>
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
#       HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        VendorName  "All"
        BoardName   "All"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     32
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode         0666
EndSection

Sorry for so much output. Let me know if you need more, though. And sorry - I'm sure you get these questions all the time but I'm at a loss.

Thanks! smile

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#2 2008-08-27 22:20:40

heleos
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From: Maine, USA
Registered: 2007-04-24
Posts: 678

Re: startx kicking out multiple errors

Have you tried just a bare minimal xorg.conf file?

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#3 2008-08-27 22:51:25

switch86
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Registered: 2008-08-25
Posts: 24

Re: startx kicking out multiple errors

Hard to remember because I've been trying so many configs. I belive I used xorgconfig to set up a basic Xorg.conf. That was the one (I think) that allowed me to get a GUI with vesa, but I don't want to have to fall back to vesa. If I recall correctly, if I tried using any other drivers with that configuration, invoking startx returned errors about screens not being found.

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