Install Mandrake 8.1 X server

[bwal]

I am have just attempted to install Mandrake 8.1 from CD. I had Mandrake 6.1 installed on my machine. I had just installed 6.1 last month. Hadn't done much with it so I just did a new install and not an upgrade. I also set up new partions. I had to do a Text install because that was the only install that would work. I couldn't see what was on the screen with the other options. I am having 2 problems. The first one is after the printer gets installed I receive the following errors which are spread out across the whole screen its just a jumbled mess.

Perl : Warning: Falling back to the standard locale "C"
LC_all=(unset)
LC_Numeric="C", LC_Numeric=="C", LC_time="C", LC_Collate="C", LC_Ctyp="en", LC_measurment="C", LC_idnetification="C", Lc_messages="en", Lang="en"
Are supported and installed on your system.

I have know idea what all that means. It didn't stop installation but I just know it will be a problem down the road.

The second problem I had is the big one. I had this same problem when I installed 6.1 but resolved it by reinstalling. I have tried to reinstall 3 times and have had no luck. I chose the same settings for the video card and monitor I had in 6.1 to no avail. I have a TridentTGI9440 video card which is supported and in the list. I selected that. My monitor is an older LASER 15". Its about 8 years old I don't have any more info on it. I chose generic monitor 640X480 standard VGA 8 bits of color. These are the only settings I could get to work on 6.1 so I tried again. When it goes to test I receive the following errors.

An error has occurred
(EE)Trident(0):No Display subsection in screen section "screen1" for depth/fbbpp/24/32
(EE)screen(s) found, but none have a usable Configuration.

It than takes me into X and screen looks fine but than it Locks up and does not complete last step of install. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will not take me out of X I have to hit reset button. Upon reboot lilo loads and I tried to start X and received the following

Execvefailed for /etc/X11/X giving up (errno2)
Xinit: no such file or dir (errno2): unable to connect to Xserver
Xinit:no such process (errno3):server error

When I tried to start Xfree86 to try and reconfigure it manually I receive the following
Using Config file/etc/x11/XF86Config.4
Data incomplete in file /etc/x11/XF86Config.4
(EE) problem parsing the config file
(EE)error from XF86HandleConfigFile()
Fatal Server error no screens found.

One last thing when I do a system halt the during shutdown process the Shutting down Xfont Server says Failed. I am pulling my hair out. I am a newbie so I don't know if I gave to much info here but I always think more is better. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[bdg1983]

It would seem that X was not configured correctly since you are receiving so many errors including the 'no screens found'.

This would be an example of the screen section in XF86Config-4.

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1600x1200/75Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200/75Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1600x1200/75Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1600x1200/75Hz" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection


Try deleting (or renaming) /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and then reconfigure X using either xf86cfg or xf86config.

[bwal]

thank you. I will give this a try. I am not sure if it will work or not. This thing has been a real nightmare. The thing that really gets me is this is very similar to when i installed 6.1. But reinstalling made it work not this time though. I have a feeling it wont do the trick. I think the link to the serever is incorrect. but im not sure how to fix that

[bwal]

I tried running both neither one worked. the
1st one is run in color and auto detect and it locked up half way through. The other one didnt help. I think its the link to the Xserver. Im not sure how to link it. any ideas?

[bwal]

The problem is linking problem to X server. I tried the following and the X started but i
had a black screen and couldnt do any thing even tried to type halt adn ctrl,alt,backspace. nothing happend had to hit reset. this is what i did

cd /usr/X11R6/bin
ls -l X
ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ./X
ls -l /etc/X11/X

any ideas? Im begining to go crazy

[bdg1983]

Have you checked at www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org) to see if your video card is supported and if there are any special configuration options.

The following is from my notes on installing and configuring X4.1. See if it helps.

Check to see if link exists

cd /usr/X11R6/bin

ls -l X

If not linked to XFree86, then create link

ln -sf /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 ./X

XFree86 -configure

Run the configuration program that will probe and/or guess all your settings.
This will create a new conf in the root directory.
To test this new configuration, run this command:

XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new

This will display a grey hatch with an 'X' for the mouse cursor.
If this works fine, hit CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE to return to the commandline.
Copy this file to the /etc/X11/ directory using this command:

cp /root/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config

This may not work correctly as further configuration will need to be done.

xf86cfg

If errors such as library not found when running xf86cfg, then do the following

ldconfig

as it should fix the library not found errors. Hopefully...

xf86cfg

This creates the same XF86Config.new file, so to test it, follow the same steps as before.

XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86Config.new

cp /root/XF86Config.new /etc/X11/XF86Config

[bwal]

thanks for the tip. Im going to give that a try. My card is definetly supported. its a Trident and i have been putting the specific model in. I also had the card working in Man6.1. Thanks again i hope it works this time

[bdg1983]

Your welcome. If that doesn't help, then I would suggest you try searching Google ( www.google.com/linux (http://www.google.com/linux) ) for your video card. Hopefully someone may have posted a solution/suggestions there.

[bwal]

im so close right now. I went and did as you suggested and got a blue screen with the mouse so i followed your directions. adn now when i reboot i the screen flickers adn then goes black. From there I cant do anything.
Even tried ctrl alt back. nothing. any more ideas? couldnt find anything in google