RE: how to activate X with famebuffer
From: Mukund JB. <hidden>
Date: 2004-09-27 13:34:35
Hello Geert, Thanks for the support. It does not work when I use UseFBdev option.
`Driver "nv"' will give you the accelerated Nvidia driver. But by
default
`nv' doesn't use the fbdev API. So in addition you have to set `Option "UseFBDev" "on"', so `nv' knows it has to use the fbdev API
for
mode switching.
I want X to be working on rivafb(Card specific fb driver) driver rather
than fbdev(generic) driver. However,
I tried starting 'X' by adding
Option "UseFBDev" "on"
Or
Option "UseFBDev" "yes"
I get the error message saying :-
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
when we startx, it ends up abruptly saying :-
"(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration."
Also,
when we use Driver "fbdev" in Device section, it is using the
fbdev_drv.o module from the directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/"
which I could see in the Xfree86.0.log file.
What is this fbdev_drv.o module? Can u please suggest what it can be?
when u say Driver "nv", it is using the nv_drv.o module from the
directory "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/". Can u just tell me what
nv_drv.0 file is?
The X comes up/works well when we remove/comment the UseFBDev line.
Is it any thing wrong that I am doing? Please suggest?
The following are my XF86Config-4, XFree86.0.log files.
Hope these files can be of some support to u.
<- XF86Config-4 file ->
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# XFree86 4.2.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator 4.10.7
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use the xfs font server for improved
# interactive performance
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection
# Module loading section
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-buffering
# Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support
# Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure
Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface
Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions
Load "v4l" # Video4Linux
# Load "record" # X event recorder
# You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs.
# Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler
# Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
# Modified by mouseconfig
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "COMPAQ S510"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30 - 61
VertRefresh 50 - 120
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "RIVA TNT2"
Driver "nv"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer"
Driver "nv" #Driver "fbdev"-> This is generic driver provided by
XFree
Option "UseFBDev" "yes" # this to avoid some conflict
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Linux Frame Buffer"
Monitor "COMPAQ S510"
DefaultDepth 8
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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<- XFree86.0.log ->
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XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (Red Hat Linux release: 4.2.0-8) / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
Release Date: 23 January 2002
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.17-0.13smp i686 [ELF]
Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Sep 27 14:36:58 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
(==) ServerLayout "XFree86 Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "COMPAQ S510"
(**) | |-->Device "Linux Frame Buffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.5
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.3
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.3
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.3
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card 0000,0000 rev 03 class 06,04,00
hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7110 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,01,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7111 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 01,01,80
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7112 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 0c,03,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 8086,7113 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,80,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 11f6,1401 card 0000,0000 rev 0a class 02,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,002d card 1043,0201 rev 15 class 03,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x8c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) NVidia Riva TNT2 M64 rev 21, Mem @ 0xf4000000/24,
0xfc000000/25
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0x00001020 - 0x0000103f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0x00001000 - 0x0000101f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0x00001040 - 0x0000104f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[2] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0x00001020 - 0x0000103f (0x20) IX[B]
[4] -1 0x00001000 - 0x0000101f (0x20) IX[B]
[5] -1 0x00001040 - 0x0000104f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[9] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0x00001020 - 0x0000103f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x00001000 - 0x0000101f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x00001040 - 0x0000104f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "v4l"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/linux/v4l_drv.o
(II) Module v4l: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.1
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
RIVA TNT2 Ultra, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 M64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce
256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS/Pro, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2
Ultra,
Quadro2 Pro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200, 0x0170,
0x0171,
0x0172, 0x0173, 0x0174, 0x0175, 0x0178, 0x017A, 0x017B, 0x017C,
GeForce2 Integrated, Quadro2 MXR, GeForce2 Go, GeForce3,
GeForce3 Ti 200, GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DDC, 0x0250, 0x0258
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset RIVA TNT2 M64 found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[9] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0x00001020 - 0x0000103f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0x00001000 - 0x0000101f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x00001040 - 0x0000104f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0xf8000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0xfc000000 - 0xfdffffff (0x2000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0xf4000000 - 0xf4ffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[9] 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[10] 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[11] -1 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0x00001020 - 0x0000103f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0x00001000 - 0x0000101f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0x00001040 - 0x0000104f (0x10) IX[B]
[16] 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[17] 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) NV(0): Initializing int10
(II) NV(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "RIVA TNT2 M64"
(**) NV(0): Depth 8, (--) framebuffer bpp 8
(==) NV(0): Default visual is PseudoColor
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(**) NV(0): Option "UseFBDev" "yes"
(==) NV(0): Using HW cursor
(**) NV(0): Using framebuffer device
(II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
(II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 0.0.2
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5
(II) UnloadModule: "nv"
(II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
(II) UnloadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) UnloadModule: "int10"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.
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Thanks, for so much of continuous support.
Regards,
Mukund jampala
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