Re: [SLE] Working in a coalmine with XFree4.0.2

21 Jan 2001

      ** Reply to message from mhf <michael.flug@snet.net> on Sat, 20 Jan 2001
17:52:39 -0500
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Fatal server error:
no screens found
Michael, you are indeed getting close.  I have an ATI Xpert2000 with the
Rage128 chip.  My /var/log/XFree86.0.log is almost the same as yours down to the
error.
I think that you can manually add some information to the configuration file
and be up and running.

Look in /etc/X11/XF86Config and see it you have a section like this:
NOTICE:  Identifier   "Screen[0]" -- you may have Screen[something else}, but
the statement should be there.

Section "Screen"
  DefaultDepth	24

  SubSection "Display"
    Depth	16
    Modes  	"1600x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024"
  EndSubSection

  SubSection "Display"
    Depth	24
    Modes  	"1600x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" 
  EndSubSection

  SubSection "Display"
    Depth	32
    Modes  	"1600x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" 
  EndSubSection

  SubSection "Display"
    Depth	8
    Modes  	"1600x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "1024x768"  
  EndSubSection

  Device  	"Device[0]"
  Identifier  	"Screen[0]"
  Monitor  	"Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Device      "Device[0]", above,  should point to the section below, and point
to the same entry as Identifier in Section "Device" (here's mine):
I think yours will be "Device[ATIRADEON]"  from looking at your log file.

Section "Device"
  BoardName  	"Rage128VRAGP2x"
  BusID  	"1:5:0"
  Driver  	"r128"
  Identifier  	"Device[0]"
  VendorName  	"ATI"
  Videoram  	32768
EndSection

It looks like you are missing a reference to the screen definition. I have
Screen[0] because I only have 1 defined.
It is referred to in 2 places. Once above in Section "Screen" at the bottom, as
Identifier, and AGAIN, It is referred to in ServerLayout:

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier  	"Layout[all]"
  InputDevice	"Keyboard[0]" 	"CoreKeyboard"
  InputDevice	"Mouse[1]" 	"CorePointer"
  Option 	"Xinerama" 	"off"
  Option		"BlankTime"		"15"
  Option		"StandbyTime"		"30"
  Option		"OffTime"		"45"
  Screen	"Screen[0]"

EndSection

You will notice that Screen[0] in the ServerLayout section matches Identifier
"Screen[0]" in the Screen Section.

You may have to manually add the Screen "Screen[whatever]" statement to
ServerLayout.

Ed Harrison
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