X problems

[Paradox]

Surprise, surprise ... somebody having problems with X ... who would have thought :-)

I'm trying to set up a linux from scratch system. Aparently Xfree86 4 wouldnt support my graphics card (Diamond Stealth 2000 - S3 Verge DX .. kinda) so I deleted that and downloaded the sources to 3.3.6, compiled, etc.

Now when I first set up my card, and tried to run it, all I got was a garbled screen. No problem I thought ... must be a problem with my config file, so I just copied my X config from my mandrake instilation. Unfortunately that didnt help anything and I still had the same problems with multi-coloured junk apearing all over the screen. Since then I have fiddled around with various configs, and still no luck.

Any idea what it could be? I suspect that it isnt my config file, since I copied the working one from my mandrake inst, but it could be something to do with the way I compiled it .... however ... well, I cant be sure.

Any help would be apreciated.

Thanks in advance

- Luke

[pcorbett]

http://lhd.zdnet.com/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1

or just use the XF86_SVGA server


[This message has been edited by pcorbett (edited 10 January 2001).]

[Paradox]

Well, I know that my card can work with linux, because it goes under mandrake. Thanks anyway.

Today I tried just copying the X server from my mandrake partition to my LFS partition, but it had to many problems with libraries not being found.

I might try and download a binary distribution, and see how that goes.

- Luke

[guitarman]

I hope this doesn't fsck up your setup because I'm not sure what version of XF86 gets run when you issue the command "xf86config". But if your card is listed among the supported drivers you can try it. I wrote this last year:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/x-windows/xf86config.html

[Paradox]

Thanks, but more I think about it, the more sure that my problem isnt in the config file. The config that I copied from my mandrake instilation is working. Also I went though xf86config, and fiddled around with stuff in there. My card is listed, and I make all the selections right, and it still doesnt work. I've tried a "safe" config using 640 X 480 and the VGA server, and I still get the same problem. So ... I dont think the problem is anything to do with the config.

- Luke