Re: "No Screens" problem with X

On 1 Oct 2002,, Matthieu Herrb wrote:

>  > I am using an ATI Rage 128 video adapter & monitor that worked well >
>  under OBSD 2.7. Since upgrading I am hosed (this has been a recurring >
>  theme since OBSD adopted the 4.x XFree86 stuff). > > Anyway - my
>  /etc/X11/XF86Config & /var/log/XFree86.0.log files > follow... any
>  clues would be appreciated.
> 
> In your XF86Config you have:
> 
>  > Section "Screen"
>  >     Identifier  "Screen 1"
>  >     Device      "ATI Rage 128 maybe"
>  >     Monitor     "Vivitron 21"
>  >     DefaultDepth 1
>  > 
>  >     Subsection "Display"
>  >         Depth       8
>  >         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>  >         ViewPort    0 0
>  >     EndSubsection
>  >     Subsection "Display"
>  >         Depth       16
>  >         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>  >         ViewPort    0 0
>  >     EndSubsection
>  >     Subsection "Display"
>  >         Depth       24
>  >         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>  >         ViewPort    0 0
>  >     EndSubsection
>  > EndSection
> 
> And then the X server produces the following error:
> 
>  > (EE) R128(0): No Display subsection in Screen section "Screen 1" for
>  depth/fbbpp 1/1
> 
> This is pretty clear: the 'DefaultDepth 1' specification in the "Screen"
> section is wrong. You probably don't want to run a monochrome X server
> do you ?
> 
> Try to change that to 'DefaultDepth 24', or if you really want a
> monochrome X server add a 'Display' subsection for Depth 1. 

The clueless one thanks you :)

Actually I wondered about this, but since the XF86Config file was 
generated by xf86config I just figgered' it knew what it was doing.

Thanks,
Jay Moore