Re: round 2

[Peter Evans <peter@example.com>]

Thanks Tim, John, Jonathan, and writer of private message.

Before I get to the star attraction of this message, Jonathan:

> is this a non-standard keyboard layout?  If it's not a really a 
> jp106 you may yet have to use xmodmap later

Good guess. It's what a laptop maker would call a jp106: 106 keys (plus
the "Microsoft key", uggh) fudged via an "Fn" key from a lot fewer
actual keys.

> it does allow you to choose the video hardware if you don't like
> what it detects; I have; I have a Geforce2 MX in one of my machines, 
> but it auto-detected it as some other Geforce model, so I manually
> chose the correct one from the list), so I'm not sure why you're not
> getting that chance; you *are* doing a Custom Install, right?

I think I did. But I was never asked what kind of video card I had; I
was instead *told* that it was "Trident TGUI9660 (generic)" with no
chance of correcting this. (It may be correct, for all I know). Still,
it has correctly determined that I have a Trident 9382.

I followed the instructions. I actually heard a buzz from the FDD that
was long enough to write a little file.  No error message.

Removed the diskette and brought it over here. Empty.

Went back to the Linux machine. Screen full of errors. It seems that it
had tried to write to the diskette after I'd pulled out the diskette.
Whoops.

Tried again. To cut a long story short [fanfare]. Start quote:

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XFree86 Version 3.3.6a / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: February 17 2001
	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/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.17-8smp i686 [ELF] 
Configured drivers:
  SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 1):
      s3_savage, NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
      RIVA ULTRA TNT2, RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED,
      GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 GTS (rev1),
      GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro 2 Pro, GeForce2 MX, GeForce2 MX DDR,
      Quadro 2 MXR, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
      ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
      ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
      wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, r128, ati,
      sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
      sis5598, sis6326, sis530, sis620, sis300, sis630, sis540, tvga8200lx,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000,
      tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi,
      tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682,
      tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520,
      cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd, blade3d, cyberblade,
      clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
      clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
      clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
      clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
      mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, mgag400, oti067,
      oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308,
      ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
      ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D,
      s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520,
      ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548,
      ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300,
      mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200, p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci,
      Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, i810, i810-dc100, i810e, smi, generic
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: model: "jp106"
(**) XKB: layout: "jp"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5
(**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Trident TGUI9660 (generic)"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "CustomConfiguration"
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 96xx rev 211, Memory @ 0xfe400000, 0xfe800000, MMIO @ 0xfedf0000
(--) Trident chipset version: 0xd3 (TGUI96xx)
(--) SVGA: BIOS reports Clock Control Bits 0x0
(--) SVGA: Detected a Trident 9382.
(--) SVGA: Detected an TFT  800x600 Display
(--) SVGA: Revision 67.
(--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks
(--) SVGA: chipset:  cyber9382
(--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
(--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "800x600"

Fatal server error:
No valid modes found.


When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages

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End of quote. Iggernant comments:

(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 5

Strange, since I told it that I had a 3-button generic mouse. But I
don't suppose that this is a big issue.  Surely the crux is the bit
about "No valid modes found."

(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 36.46 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.

I don't know what "Deleted" means here. During installation, I was asked
which one of a total of perhaps ten combinations of
resolution/colordepth I wanted. I only chose a single one: 800x600.

(--) SVGA: Detected an TFT  800x600 Display
(--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k

Correct.

(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565

Well, 2^16 colors. (The screen doesn't support 24-bit, though the video
card does.) Presumably that's the meaning of one of the "16"s; I don't
know the meaning of the other or of the "565".

I can't see any point in my attempting to edit the file -- whether by
pico, vi, or something else -- until I know how I should edit it.
http://www.fmworld.net/product/former/bi9706/nu/spec.html says that the
horizontal refresh rate is 37.8 kHz. That's the info I gave to the
installation catechism.  Does

(--) SVGA: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 48.08 kHz.

mean that I would have to specify 48.08 (or above)?  If so, I'm very
surprised, since a week ago the old clunker was capable of displaying
Windows via SVGA perfectly well. But OK, I could use regular VGA (ugh).
Or should I regard xfree86.org as more knowledgable/credible about this
screen than Fujitsu itself?

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Peter Evans peter@example.com