From: joy <gracecott@sancharnet.in>
To: Philippe De Neve <Philippe.deneve@intec.ugent.be>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: XFree86 problems (ATI radeon video card)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:20:48 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4068D278.9080308@sancharnet.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 00b701c415a0$c1ab34b0$bb7ac19d@King
Philippe De Neve wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>I'm trying to install the XFree86 system but it fails to start up. I've
>installed it by installing the packages:
>xfree86-common
>xserver-common
>xserver-xfree86
>
>My PC has an AMD Athlon 1500 processor with 256 MB RAM and a graphical
card:
>ATI Radeon 7500.
>
>Now when I run X I get the output shown below
>The first error occurs at :
>"
>(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] RADEONDRIScreenInit failed because of a version
>mismatch.
>
>[dri] radeon.o kernel module version is 1.0.0 but version 1.1.x is needed.
>
>
Maybe cause your system has an old version of X(4.1.01 does not support
many of the newer cards- which I think your card to be)
>[dri] Disabling DRI.
>
>(EE) RADEON(0): [drm] failed to remove DRM signal handler
>
>"
>I know what this means but I don't know what to do about it.
>
>
>
>
>The second and probably fatal error is:
>"
>(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
>
> No such device.
>
>(EE) Generic Mouse: cannot open input device
>
>
This is not a problem. according to your log you mouse has been detected
and this is just the other port which is being tried.....
>(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Generic Mouse"
>
>(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
>
>(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Configured Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
>
>Could not init font path element unix/:7100, removing from list!
>
>
>
>Fatal server error:
>
>could not open default font 'fixed'
>"
>
>
I suggest you send your Xf86config-4( I guess yours is a Deb Woody from
the Xfree86 version).It might give more insight.
>
>This one is also difficult to solve (for me though)
>
>Can anybody help me or give me some stuff to continue my search of
>installing this XFree86 thing. If my question is posed on the wrong
list plz
>tell me where I can post it. Tnx a lot.
>
>Philippe.
>
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-30 1:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-29 15:16 XFree86 problems (ATI radeon video card) Philippe De Neve
2004-03-30 1:50 ` joy [this message]
2004-03-30 8:33 ` Philippe De Neve
2004-03-30 13:42 ` joy
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