cant start X

[GeorgeV]

Hi,

I just downloaded chubby puppy 1.0.4 and the puppy 1.0.5 distro. However I cant use them since they both fail at starting X:

as soon as they try to start X they hang and the only way I found to get back to the command prompt is to hit alt-SysReq (not sure if this is correct but it works

I looked at the the /tmp/xerrs.txt and the error I get is:

>Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
>
>Fatal server error:
>no screens found
>giving up.
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect >to X server
>/usr/X11R6/bin/xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

I tried then to run xwin by hand and this is the messages it gave before getting hang as well:

>This script will run X windows for you...
>Starting X with video mode 0x0111 and mouse psaux...
>Exited from X. Type "xwin [fvwm95|jwm]" to restart X ([ ] mean >optional).
>(To change mouse and keyboard, type "rm /etc/mousedevice", then run >xwin)

I am using a Pentium 2.4GHz, ASUS P4PE motherboard, ATI Radeon 9000 graphics card.

Is this a case of this particular hardware not supported by Puppy or is there something I could do?

Regards

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George

[BarryK]

Try executing this:

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# Xvesa -listmodes

see if the Xvesa server can find any useful video modes in your graphics chip.

[GeorgeV]

No luck,

the output from "Xvesa -listmodes" is

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Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
Interrupt pointer doesn't point at ROM
0x0006: 640x200x1 (monochrome) Planar (1 planes)
0x000D: 320x200x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear framebuffer)
0x000E: 640x200x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear framebuffer)
0x0010: 640x350x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear framebuffer)
0x0011: 640x480x1 (monochrome) Planar (1 planes)
0x0012: 640x480x4 Planar (4 planes) (no linear framebuffer)
0x0013: 320x200x8 PseudoColor

Is then the Xvesa implementation the problem? Can I do anything about it?

Thanx for your help
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George

[MU]

You might need the xorg-Xserver:
http://www.murga.org/%7Epuppy/viewtopic.php?t=2303

You can install it even if X is not running:
mkdir /root/xorg
cd /root/xorg
wget http://noforum.de/dotpups/xorg682c.pup
unzip xorg682c.pup
./dotpup.sh

This will download, extract and install it.
You might edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf then:
mp /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Press CTRL-A for a menue in mp.

Replace the "vesa" with "ati" or "radeon" .

Then type "xwin jwm" to start X.

Mark

[GeorgeV]

Thanx for all the help !!!

I just downloaded xorg and I'm going to give this a try over the weekend!

Will let you know how it goes

P.S. I am VERY impressed by the response in this forum. Congrats, keep up the good work!

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George

[GeorgeV]

Just tried yesterday chubby puppy 1.0.5 with xorg and it worked. I tweaked xorg.conf a bit: changed "vesa" to "radeon" and also changed the refresh rates to match those of my monitor. So now I am looking at a beautiful Puppy in 1024*768 resolution.

Exchellent work. So I am of to explore this new world!

Thanx for all your help!