Re: [SLE] Still can't get X font server problem resolved.

From: Vic Ayres (vic_at_ayresonline.co.uk)
Date: 04/29/04

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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:05:08 +0100

    On 28/4/2004 22:41, Vicki Stanfield wrote:
    > I am still unable to resolve the problems with getting X to run on my newly
    > installed SuSE 9.0 system. The system is an AMD700MHz on an Asus board with
    > an Nvidia Geoforce 440 MX with 64 MB of video memory. I just noticed that
    > the XFree86.log file shows this:
    >
    > (--) PCI:*(0:12:0) nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x] rev
    > 162, Mem @ 0xd9000000/24, 0xdc000000/26, BIOS @ 0x000c0000/17
    >
    I think the line above is your problem. With a PCI card also, my corresponding
    line reads
    (--) PCI:*(0:13:0) nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]
    rev 21, Mem @ 0xcf000000/24, 0xca000000/25, BIOS @ 0xceff0000/16
    No mention of AGP.

    I presume you configured with sax2? If so, try, as root, configuring with
    xf86config.

    Or, run /sbin/lspci and find the location of your card. I get
    00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model
    64/Model 64 Pro] (rev 15)
    Note that initial 00:0d:0. This is in hexadecimal but your XF86Config file
    needs to be in decimal. So, 00:0d:0 becomes 0:13:0 and the relevant part of
    my file reads
    Section "Device"
      BoardName "RIVA TNT2 Model 64"
      BusID "0:13:0"
      Driver "nvidia"
      Identifier "Device[0]"
      Screen 0
      Option "Rotate" "off"
      VendorName "NVidia"
    EndSection

    See p75 et seq of the Admin Guide for more info.

    > which seems to indicate an AGP card when actually it is a PCI card. The
    > problem that I am seeing is that when I try to start X, I get the
    > following:
    >
    <snip>
    The font "errors" are unimportant. You can ignore those messages or remove the
    paths from XF86Config. 

    -- 
Vic Ayres
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