Re: RedHat 9 & Radeon 9000

On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 01:24  PM, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> It works for me, which means that it should also work for you.
> You just need to determine what the problem really is.
>
I agree.

> No.  It worked before, so it will work now.  Either you've
> changed something or something is misconfigured.  Are you using a
> Red Hat supplied kernel?

yes, kernel 2.4.20-20.9smp


>> I thought that perhaps part of my problem stems from the fact
>> that I have a KVM switch in there and it had trouble detecting
>> the monitor settings (though it worked fine on install months
>> ago).
>
> KVM switches indeed can cause problems, and as such they are
> unsupported by Red Hat.  It is possible to have a KVM switch that
> works perfectly fine with everything and has no problems, however
> it's also possible to have one that does not work properly or
> interferes with the keyboard, mouse or video, so they're
> unsupported.  Any time you're troubleshooting X configuration
> problems and using a KVM, it is strongly advised to connect the
> hardware directly to the computer without the KVM and solve the X
> problems, simply to remove the KVM out of the way as a variable.

I've done this, (removing the kvm switch) but it hadn't helped any. I 
still got the same message, I will do that now again until I get it 
working again.

>
>> So I hooked a monitor up directly and it still didn't work. I've
>> tried the MonitorLayout suggestions and I don't see any ignore
>> messages but I also don't get anything either.
>
> Running "redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig", and the "--reconfig"
> part is crucial, results in the existing config file being
> eliminated and a brand new one generated.  The new config file
> will be the same config file that would be generated if you were
> to do a brand new fresh OS installation, as the config tool
> generating the file is the same.  The only difference would be
> what other software and versions are installed on your system.
>
> If you're not using a Red Hat binary kernel, all bets are off.

I've run it with the --reconfig option many many times. Same error 
message everytime.

> The error message you cite is incomplete, so I can't comment on
> wether that is something caused by something you've done wrong,
> or wether it is a bug in the package that I should fix.  If you
> provide the complete error message, I will likely be able to
> determine that however.  But you definitely shouldn't be using
> rawhide glibc or other major core OS components on a RHL 9 system
> unless you expect breakage and are willing to accept that and
> deal with it.

I'm not worried about these. When I got XFree86-4.3.0-2.src.rpm and it 
rebuilt the packages for RH9. I go to install XFree86 and running rpm 
-Uvh XFree86-4.3.0-2.i386.rpm gives me file conflicts, in that one file 
conflicts with the package that is already installed. Since these are 
the same files and the same things. I would expect these messages... 
Either way I still have the stock XFree rpms installed for RH 9.

> You haven't given enough details to begin to hazard a guess as to
> what's wrong on your system.  Instead of guessing what's wrong
> and making random guesses as to how to fix it, then getting
> frustrated when they don't work, and possibly making your entire
> system unstable or unuseable, why not explain the problem, then
> wait until someone who is able to help you has time to respond
> and ask for more details, etc?

That's what I thought I was doing. I've posted my config file and log 3 
times now with this thread, and attempted the suggestions given me. I 
am grateful for the help thus far. Yet I am still not functional so 
still posting.

> Radeon 9000 works on stock Red Hat Linux 9 in singlehead
> configuration.  If you use a dualhead configuration

I am not, nor have I ever used or attempted to use dual head. I only 
have the one monitor.

> Run: "redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig" then startx, if it fails,
> then post your config file and X server log, and
> /var/log/messages file on the web or ftp somewhere that I can
> look at them.  Also, "rpm -V $(rpm -qa |grep XFree86) > rpm.log".

the rpm verify command above produces no output.
you can find the log files at (I verified this link...)
I have removed lots of messages from the messages log file (mainly 
named timeouts and imap logins...) the smaller file is probably the one 
you want.

http://www.gnat.ca/Logs/

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