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- From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
- Subject: Re: Problem with running XFree86, no screens found
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:01:36 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.180136.17901@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <FRITZZ.92Dec15172235@ko.ldgo.columbia.edu>
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- In article <FRITZZ.92Dec15172235@ko.ldgo.columbia.edu> fritzz@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (fritz zaucker) writes:
- >
- > Hi,
- >
- > I just tried to run the pre-compiled X386 server from the XFree86
- > (from blancmange.ma.utexas.edu) on a ISC 2.02 box. Programs (I tried
- > xlogo) worked fine, but the server gave me the following message (I
- > ran it with 'X386 vt06':
- >
- >
- > XFree86 Version 1.1 / X Window System
- > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
- > Configured drivers:
- > VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
- > et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
- > (using VT number 6)
- >
- > VGA256: pvga1 (mem: 512k numclocks: 14)
- > VGA256: clocks: 25 28 59 72 78 71 52 64 13 14 34 36 40 33
- > VGA256: Too little memory for all resolutions
- >
- > *** None of the configured devices was detected.***
- >
- >
- > Fatal server error:
- > no screens found
- >
- > Can anybody help?
- >
- > Thanks very much,
- >
- > Fritz
-
- You have modes defined under modeDB (in the Xconfig file) that require
- more memory than your video card has. With only 512k, you can only go
- up to ~800x600 (it's something like 800x650). So remove or comment out
- any resolutions higher than this, and you should be OK.
-
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