On 1 Oct 2001, Philip Tellis wrote:
(**) | |-->Device "Generic VGA compatible"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Which display card do you have? It is set to generic VGA here, which is definitely not what you want.
I'm afraid I don't know. Is there any utility that can auto-detect this for me?
In your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, search for DefaultColorDepth, change it from 16 to 8, and read the XF86Config man page.
I changed from 16 to 8 the DefaultColorDepth as well as the ColorDepth for the corresponding Display subsection. However, I am still having problems.
When I type "startx" at the command prompt, the monitor power light switches off and it behaves like it is on a power-saving mode. When I type Ctrl-Alt-1 to get back to the text mode, here is the output on the screen:
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XFree86 Version 4.0.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.17-8smp i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Oct 2 20:17:07 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "Anaconda Configured" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Generic VGA compatible"
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(II) VGA: Generic VGA driver (version 4.0) for chipsets: generic (--) Chipset generic found (**) VGA(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8 (==) VGA(0): RGB weight 666 (==) VGA(0): Default visual is PseudoColor (==) VGA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (==) VGA(0): videoRam: 64 kBytes. (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 0.1.0 (==) VGA(0): Virtual size is 320x200 (pitch 320) (**) VGA(0): Built-in mode " 70.2 Hz (VScan) (==) VGA(0): DPI set to (75, 75)
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X Error of failed request: 86 Major opcode of failed request: 51 (X_SetFontPath) Serial number of failed request: 9 Current serial number in output stream: 11 Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root DCOPServer up and running. Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Error while initializing the sound driver: device /dev/dsp can't be opened (Permission denied) Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". _IceTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.ICE-unix should be set to root QSocketNotifier: Multiple socket notifiers for same socket 6 and type read Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0". Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":0.0".
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After the last message there is no further output and I have to press Ctrl-C to get back the command prompt.
Is "RENDER" some sort of file that I need to download?
Thanks.
Parul Mathur