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Date:      Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:46:23 -0700
From:      "Brian O'Shea" <boshea@ricochet.net>
To:        Graham Wheeler <gramster@mweb.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: XFree86 and console switching crash
Message-ID:  <20000615124623.B424@beastie.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <39491AB6.CC265957@mweb.co.za>; from Graham Wheeler on Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 08:04:38PM %2B0200
References:  <39491AB6.CC265957@mweb.co.za>

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On Thu, Jun 15, 2000 at 08:04:38PM +0200, Graham Wheeler wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> I'm making one last effort to get XFree86-3.3.6 to work, to get around
> the switch crash in XFree86-4.0.
> 
> Maybe I'm just doing something idiot (grud knows, it certainly wouldn't
> be the first time ;-) ), so I have attached my XF86Config file and the
> output from startx to this message. If anyone has any ideas, please let
> me know...
> 
> regards
> gram
> 

Well, for starters you don't have any valid Modelines for your
video hardware.  Were these generated by a config program (like
"xf86config")?  Writing these things is such a pain, so I usually
rely on xf86config to generate them for me.

-brian


> XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) XKB: disabled
> (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
> (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psm0, buttons: 3
> (**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Trident CyberBlade (generic)"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "My Monitor"
> (--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs vert refresh rate of 56.25 Hz. Deleted.
> (--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs vert refresh rate of 60.32 Hz. Deleted.
> (--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
> (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> (--) SVGA: PCI: Trident Unknown chipset (0x8520) rev 106, Memory @ 0xf5000000, 0xf4100000
> (--) SVGA: Detected an TFT  800x600 Display
> (--) SVGA: Revision 106.
> (--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks
> (**) SVGA: chipset:  cyberblade
> (**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
> (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
> (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz
> (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800x600"
> 
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.
> 
> 
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages
> 
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).


-- 
Brian O'Shea
boshea@ricochet.net


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