vincent Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Does your xorg.conf specify a PCI Bus ID? If so, is it correct?You can do an lspci to list out what items are on your bus, and the ID'd location of each. An lspci | grep VGA should single out your video card. 1:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] The BUS ID is correct. when reconfiguring my xorg.xonf, it automatically detects it i jsut accept the default location for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 17, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 17, 2008 I would go with the first configuration, where your screen goes black, and work off the theory that the card is working in a resolution/mode that your current monitor doesn't support. I don't see any "modes" line saying what resolutions should be allowed. Something like SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection as a basic example. Should be in your screen section of your xorg.conf file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Ok, so when i get to the the sudo modprobe fglrx part, and run that i get the following: Not loading fglrx module; not used in /etc/X11/xorg.conf So do i have to put this in the driver section of my xorg.conf? Edit: here's my xorg.conf by the way: .... Just looking at this.... surely something's missing? I've got a "Module" section at the start of my xorg.conf - # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page. # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "i2c" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "vbe" Load "dbe" EndSection ...etc.... Yeah, I've only got a basic Intel chipset, so you can't really compare them, but surely there should be a "fglx" entry in yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted January 18, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 18, 2008 Seems there there is (or at least used to be) a command that would re-create your conf file by a bit of probing and asking a few questions for you to answer. It seems that this might be the command: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincent Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Seems there there is (or at least used to be) a command that would re-create your conf file by a bit of probing and asking a few questions for you to answer.It seems that this might be the command: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg I've been doing that. Just looking at this.... surely something's missing? I've got a "Module" section at the start of my xorg.conf - snipped Yeah, I've only got a basic Intel chipset, so you can't really compare them, but surely there should be a "fglx" entry in yours? # xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" 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" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "stylus" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "stylus" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "eraser" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "eraser" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "InputDevice" Driver "wacom" Identifier "cursor" Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom" Option "Type" "cursor" Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]" Driver "ati" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28-64 VertRefresh 43-60 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000]" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Modes "1280x800" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" # Uncomment if you have a wacom tablet # InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" # InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" # InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney T. Administrators Posted January 18, 2008 Administrators Share Posted January 18, 2008 # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following command: # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" # path to defoma fonts FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "ddc" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" 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" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS]" Driver "vesa" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "VE175-2" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 30-82 VertRefresh 50-75 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "nVidia Corporation G71 [GeForce 7300 GS]" Monitor "VE175-2" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Mine does..... but I also have a few more lines of resolution settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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