RH 8 not going down gracefully

Mark Street jet at sonic.net
Mon Dec 16 10:02:01 PST 2002


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But your card uses the i128 server..... so... for tweak factors.

http://xfree86.org/4.2.1/i128.4.html
http://xfree86.org/4.2.1/I128.html

On Monday 16 December 2002 09:18, Mark Street wrote:
> Sounds like an X server problem.  As I recall there may be a problem with
> DRI modules in X server with some video cards...... mine included until RH
> 8.0 go figure....
>
> Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config file for the DRI lines, comment them out and
> restart the machine.  (You can configure gdm to restart the X server on
> every login if you want... see gdm.conf
> # If you are having trouble with using a single server for a long time and
> # want gdm to kill/restart the server, turn this on
> AlwaysRestartServer=false)
>
> Look for...
>
> #Section "DRI"
> #        Mode 0666
> #EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
>        # Load  "dri"
>
> If that does not help you might want to backup your XF86Config files and
> reconfigure the X server.
>
> redhat-config-xfree86
>
> Keep hackin.....
> >
> > > > ps--I think this is an OS thing, but just in case, the video card is
> > > > Number Nine Revolution IV (T2R4), its driver is i128, and the monitor
> > > > is a Viewsonic PF790

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