[GRLUG] Xorg 7, video card help

[Bob Kline]

Just a mildly amusing aside,  I pulled down copies
of version 6.06  Ubuntu and Kubuntu,  and now
my machine,  with a six year old ATI card -  "Rage
128 Expert 2000" - works fine.  Versions 5.10 of
both systems led to the (nearly) black screens
you describe.

Strange in a way because ATI cards are high volume
cards,  and one would simply think they'd be well
supported.  But then maybe the newer ones are.
Lots of chips over lots of years might mean that
only the latest cards are supported?

Anyone have any stories involving more current
ATI display cards?  e.g.,  ATI X works fine?

   -Bob


On 6/11/06, zdennis <zdennis at mktec.com> wrote:
> I updated from Ubuntu Breezy to Ubuntu Dapper yesterday on my home box.
> I've got two video cards, a 32Mb SiS card and a 64Mb ATI Radeon 7200.
>
> The SiS card is on BusID PCI:2:6:0
> The ATI card is on my AGP slot, PCI:1:0:0
> I run extended desktop with Xinerama
>
> When running Ubuntu Breezy the stock sis and ati drivers worked great.
> After upgrading to Dapper which gave me new stock drivers and Xorg 7 the
> ATI card doesn't work. I cannot get it to work with 'ati' or 'vesa' drivers.
>
> When I run startx with 'ati' the monitor is just black. When I run
> startx with 'vesa' I get 'AddScreen/InitScreen failed at driver 0'.
>
> I have reduced my configuration to try to run off from the ATI card only.
>
> Below is my stripped down singlehead configuration and the outputs of
> lspci. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Zach
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         # path to defoma fonts
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "dbe"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "type1"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "stylus"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "stylus"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "eraser"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "eraser"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "cursor"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "cursor"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "ATI"
>         Driver          "ati"
>         BusID           "PCI:1:0:0"
>         VideoRam        64000
> #        Option          "crt_display"
> #        Option          "noaccel"
>         Option          "DPMS"
>         Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
>         Option          "DPMS"
>         HorizSync       28-64
>         VertRefresh     43-60
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "ATI"
>         Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth        24
>                 Modes        "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
>         InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
>         InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
>         InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
> -------------------------END xorg.conf------------------------------
>
>
>
> Here is the contents of my lspci:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different
> version?) (rev c1)
> 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1
> (rev c1)
> 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4
> (rev c1)
> 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3
> (rev c1)
> 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2
> (rev c1)
> 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5
> (rev c1)
> 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
> 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> (rev a1)
> 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> (rev a2)
> 0000:00:04.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
> 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97
> Audio Controller (rev a1)
> 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
> 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
> 0000:00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Serial ATA
> Controller (rev a3)
> 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R100
> QD [Radeon 7200]
> 0000:02:06.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 315PRO PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
> 0000:02:07.0 SCSI storage controller: Artop Electronic Corp ATP865 (rev 02)
> 0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation
> SMC2-1211TX (rev 10)
> 0000:02:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394
> Controller (Link)
> 0000:02:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Accton Technology Corporation
> SMC2-1211TX (rev 10)
> ----------------------------END LSPCI----------------------------------
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