crap, how do u start X?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 3:15 pm

ok i just loaded mandrake 9.0 and the install was easy, but i forgot what to type to load X.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 3:19 pm

lol ok i added a space where i shouldnt have, but my radeon wont work with this!

Says failed to initialize!

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 3:57 pm

Not an answer for ya, but I'll be up in your area Thursday...yer in East Hartford, right? Have to go to 330 Roberts Street.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:02 pm

roberts street... damn somethign sounds familiar about that, ya it is my area

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:51 pm

#startx

This assumes that it is installed and configured correctly

#make xconfig

This will actually start up a groovy console that will allow you to configure x and save changes directly to the kernel

Skye

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 6:37 pm

Originally posted by cyberskye
#startx

This assumes that it is installed and configured correctly

#make xconfig

This will actually start up a groovy console that will allow you to configure x and save changes directly to the kernel

Skye

can i set a generic driver that might load on the radeon?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 7:01 pm

Originally posted by cyberskye
[B#make xconfig
[/B]

tells me "no rule to make target 'xconfig'. stop."

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 10:51 pm

Re-compiling your kernel won't fix your problem. THe drivers are already there. Ask yourself, was the GUI initialized during the Mandrake install? If yes, then your card does work under Linux

Log in as root, run xf86config. Pick the correct hardware settings and your done!!

Stef

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Sep 24, 2002 11:45 pm

Originally posted by Stef
Re-compiling your kernel won't fix your problem. THe drivers are already there. Ask yourself, was the GUI initialized during the Mandrake install? If yes, then your card does work under Linux

Log in as root, run xf86config. Pick the correct hardware settings and your done!!

Stef

Yep, running Mandrake here myself with a radeon no problems, the drivers are already included in the install. I didn't have to do anything besides load the OS and everything was working

Zuma · Post by **Zuma** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 1:25 am

YOS, Mandrake 9? you got a link where to get that?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 1:05 pm

Originally posted by Zuma
YOS, Mandrake 9? you got a link where to get that?

http://www.mandrake.com

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 1:17 pm

bah, it has no radeon in the driver database and after x86config it still wont load.

maybe i'll try my sis card

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 2:28 pm

which radeon do you have?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 6:46 pm

radeon 8500 128meg, no radeons listed in teh database for 9.0 tho 8.2 lists a bunch.

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Wed Sep 25, 2002 11:17 pm

http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6

Which database did you look in? The ati driver will work with all radeon cards. When you run xf86config select the ati driver for your card.

Providing you've chosen the correct settings X Windows will start. If you get some kind of funny error message look into the log file.

Stef

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 6:56 am

Originally posted by Stef
http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6

Which database did you look in? The ati driver will work with all radeon cards. When you run xf86config select the ati driver for your card.

Providing you've chosen the correct settings X Windows will start. If you get some kind of funny error message look into the log file.

Stef

i verified my settings, and that link doesnt show radeons in it.

the database i looked in is the one x86config brings up and is shows all those profiles in ur link but not my 8500.

can i just set ti to generic?

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 4:20 pm

Actually the link does.

4.2.1: Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and Radeon chips by the "ati" driver, as is unaccelerated support for all of the others except the Mach8 and some early Mach32 chips.

What version of x are you running? I am not familiar with the mandrake verisoning scheme, but yours sounds to be newer..

Skye

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 7:07 pm

4.2.0 i think

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Thu Sep 26, 2002 11:03 pm

Just use the ati driver. It will work. X support for ati is good. Like I said before, if you ran the installation, and it was GUI'ed, X will work on your computer

Stef

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 6:55 am

which ati driver lol it lists rage pros and mach8s and experts in teh x86 thing, no radeon

Stef · Post by **Stef** » Fri Sep 27, 2002 11:17 pm

Did you miss that quote that Cyber delivered? Just try it and see what happens. It's not that complicated, you can also edit the XF86Config-4 file by hand in the /etc/X11 directory.

http://www.xfree86.org/current/ati.html

Read the documentation, it states that if the ati driver is used, and that the driver finds a radeon or rage128 card it will invoke that cards driver for you

http://www.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html

If you still can't get it to work, manually edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file and replace the "ati" with "radeon"

Done...

Stef

bug · Post by **bug** » Tue Oct 01, 2002 4:41 pm

Originally posted by Zuma
YOS, Mandrake 9? you got a link where to get that?

Mandrake 9 can be had here:
http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29