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pseudonomous

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Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 349

Xorg trouble can't find module "r128" [Solved]

Hello Everybody,

After upgrading to the latest Xorg, I can't get the "r128" driver to load, which should be included in the xf86-video-ati package, I can get X to start with the "vesa" driver and NoAccel options set, but the "r128" driver used to work very well, even providing direct rendering.  I have to have the "AllowEmptyInput" "off" option, in order to have my input
devices to respond, the rest of the xorg.conf is pretty much stock except I've set my default depth very to 8 to  improve usability and I've turned hardware accelleration off. 

I believe I should be using the r128 driver, which should be provided by xf86-video-ati and, yes, it's installed.  My graphics card is an ati rage 128 rl/vr agp.

If I switch the driver to either "r128" or "ait" it will give me an error message that the "r128 module does not exist" or something along those lines.  I'm also having trouble with the onboard intel graphics on my other desktop, but I'll probably post about that in another thread, since there I can't get things to work even with the Vesa driver.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Option     "AllowEmptyInput" "off"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "KGAUniversal"           # [<bool>]
    Option "NoAccel" "True"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "vesa"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Rage 128 RL/VR AGP"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 8
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Edit: Here's the veribatim error messages:

xauth:  creating new authority file /home/fred/.serverauth.11907


X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux tom_servo 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 28 10:56:24 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 09 November 2008  07:16:27PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Nov 30 18:05:34 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "r128" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up.

xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server

xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

setting driver to "ati" and "r128" produces the same output, driver "radeon" tells me no devices are detected.  The catalyst driver says it supports radeons, so I don't think it would support my card anyway, so I haven't bothered to try it.

Help would be appreciated

Last edited by pseudonomous (2008-12-01 19:20:13)

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Xorg trouble can't find module "r128" [Solved]

The -ati driver only supports Radeon cards with the new Xorg. Install xf86-video-r128.

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