AC2 Display question

[William E. Bohrer]

Yes!  Thoughts!

su -
cd /
cd etc/X11
make a backup of XF86Config-4
stop X
run -scanpci
make a note of the PCI location (BUS ID) of your ATI 7500 card, something
like (0:1:0)
edit XF*^Config-4 so that the BUS ID is part of the Section "Device"
It should look something like this:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "4d10t0"
    Driver      "glint"
    BusID      "PCI:0:1:0"
EndSection

As long as you are editing the XF86Config-4 file, you may as well check to
make sure that the value for Identifier in the Section "Device" and the
value for Device in the Identifier in the Section "Screen" Device are
identical!  This is a show stopper, so let me repeat:

Section "Device" Identifier "xxxxxx"
Section "Screen" Device     "xxxxxx"

The "xxxxxx" must be identical.

The Horizontal Sync and Vertical Refresh rate already mentioned by Jay
Estabrook also apply, I happen to use these on a P110 at this location.

HorizSync    30.0-107.0
VertRefresh  48.0-160.0

and don't forget Jay's comments about the Subsection "Display"

start X

If all this worked you will see a graphical login!  If it did not work, you
have the backed up copy of XF86Config-4 from which to work.

Good Luck

Bill Bohrer


-----Original Message-----
From: axp-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-bounces at redhat.com] On
Behalf Of bob
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 2:09 PM
To: Linux on Alpha processors
Subject: Re: AC2 Display question

To follow up my own post - after a clean install, reformatting disks and 
all still not able to get AC2 to come up with a log in screen on my setup.
System is a DS10, ATI 7500, Dell P1110.
I did a clean install, got thru the reboot screen, license screen, 
setting up accounts, and set up my video with a pick from the dropdown 
to select the dell P1110, then I see X stop, start, and I get a blank 
screen, no video, but the monitor indicates signal, and nothing happens.

I have it setup so I can ssh into it from another system.  The box is 
running fine but givng me just a blank x screen.  top shows X running.


Any thoughts?



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