From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.73 [en] (Win98; U) Description of problem: Linux 7.2 installed cleanly and boots and functions normally in text mode. When startx is issued, message received: Fatal server error: no screens found Video card is ATI Xpert 128. Hardware list says its compatable. I tried installing XFree86-SVGA and dependents with no success. Tried running Xconfigurator several times. Card is correctly probed, monitor is correctly probed. Monitor is Viewsonic A70f. I saw three other reports of this error on the web site, all in March of this year, but did not see any resolutions. Please help! Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot (run level 5 fails and system reverts to run level 3) 2.From any login, issue startx 3.Much message traffic culminating in message: Fatal server error: no screens found. I have /var/log/XFree86.0.log if necessary just say how to send it if needed. I would have to do it via a Windows machine, the Linux machine is not networked yet. The messages in the log all look normal until the very last one. Expected Results: Gnome or KDE should have been presented Additional info:
Created attachment 51724 [details] /var/log/XFree86.0.log from failing machine
Rage 128 PP card is not officially supported. You can upgrade to our erratum release (4.1.0-15 or later) in order to test preliminary support I wrote. If that doesn't work, your best bet is to wait until our next distro release as it is supported in 4.2.0, however I dont know if it works or not as I dont have one to test with.
I'm new to Linux and am not sure what you main about "upgrading" to "erratum release (4.1.0-15 or later)". If I am having a problem with Linux 7.2, how can "erratum release (4.1.0-15 or later)" be more current? Or, is this a release of just XFree86? How do I get the errata release? Finally, you say that the ATI Xpert 128 is not officially supported. Then, why does it show up on the Hardware compatability list as supported and, in fact, has a ease of installation rating of 4? If the errata release doesn't work, I can try a different card, but then how will I know which card to buy if I can't trust the Hardware Compatability list? I'd appreciate it if you could clarify these issues for me!
Those are all technical support questions, however bugzilla is explicitly not a technical support forum. You can find answers to those questions on our mailing lists, or other methods of support. I am saying ATI Rage 128 chip model PP with PCI ID 1002:5050 is not officially supported. I know that because I specifically wrote the code myself. As for the hardware compatibility list, as far as video is concerned, it is totally out of date and unreliable. I dont know if our video list is kept up to date or accurate at all as I'm not in any way affiliated with the hardware compatibility list. The official list of supported video hardware down to the PCI ID level does not exist. XFree86.org's status document is a general guideline of what is supported, but does not go into detail of PCI ID's. The _ONLY_ way to know if it is supported or not is to look into the source code, and preferably test it out specifically. Please do not reopen bug reports after they've been closed as fixed, unless you've tested the fix given in the resolution and found it to not work. Again, bugzilla is not a tech support forum, it is a bug tracking database. Re-closing as fixed in RAWHIDE.