Re: No NIC and No X - WTF Does It Take?

From: Kent West (westk_at_westek.acu.edu)
Date: 11/29/03

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    Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:45:15 -0600
    To: Scarletdown <scarletdown@yahoo.com>
    
    

    On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 06:24:21PM -0800, Scarletdown wrote:
    > Here's s hot of what the /etc/network/interfaces file contains, as
    > well as the results of lspci
    >
    >
    > http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/Screen-0.JPG
    >

    You can capture this output to file with a command like:
      lspci > lspci_ouput.txt
    and then put that file on floppy/usb-jump-drive/etc, and then send it
    instead of posting a digimage; the advantages are that it's easier for
    folks on slow dial-up to see the output and that the output gets
    archived for future use. Still, it's a creative way of letting us see
    the output.

    00:08:0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. .. Trio32/64...
    00:11:0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. .. 86c325 [Virge] (rev 06)

    >
    > The second video adapter on the list is the one I am trying to
    > use.#160; The first on on the list is the on-board video, which is
    > apparently impossible to fully disable (I asked on the Packard Bell
    > newsgroup, since this is a PB Multimedia C115, but all I got there was
    > silence.)
    >
    >
    > Anyway, I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 and plugged in all the
    > appropriate values, including the PCI Bus ID as per what lspci showed
    > for the S3Virge.#160; Still no luck.

    You need to convert the lspci format into hex, so it'd be:
      PCI:0:b:0
    _not_
      PCI:0:11:0

    This is why you're getting 17 as the bus id, and why the card is not
    being found there.
     
    >
    > http://webpages.charter.net/scarletdown/Misc/Screen-1.JPG
    >
    >
    > Judging by the error message, it looks like the system pretty much
    > ignored the info I plugged in (specifically the Bus ID for the video
    > card.)#160; And why did it try to use the onboard video as well, when
    > I didn't set anything for that anyway?

    Without seeing /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 it's hard to say, but I suspect
    that the system included that card in the XF86Config-4 via
    autodetection.

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