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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>

My Internet connection was down Saturday and most of today. I
just now found a different phone number which works.

In the interim, 20 messages have been posted to the list, so
I will try my best to respond to the relevant ones.

> Okay.
> startx consists of the lines
> xinit
> touch /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy
> 
> .xinitrc:
> export DISPLY=localhost:0.0   (this came from Steven)
> rxvt &
> exec icewm &
> rxvt &
> 
> (I added the last so as to start with an rxvt)

Can you try starting X directly? I think that your startx
and xinitrc combination might be suspect.

> By great good fortune I have a floppy disk that the laptop will 
> read so here are the longer files:
> 
> stoutlog is 0 length

I bet I can guess what that contains. :)

> stderrlog is what I was reading you messages from about SpeedUps.
> 
> XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: December 29 1998
> ...................
> Operating System: Linux 2.0.35 i686 [ELF]
> Configured drivers:
>    SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
> ............... (omitted the list)
>        ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2x00, p9100, spc8110, generic
> (using VT number 5)
> 
> XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) XKB: disabled
> (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
> (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
> (**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Generic VGA"
> (**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "wd"
> (**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "compaq"
> (**) FontPath set to 
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> (--) SVGA: WD: Signature for WD90C[23]X=[0x32 0x34]
> (--) SVGA: WD: Detected 90C24.  Try 90C30 or 90C31 if this doesn't work.
> (**) SVGA: wd90c24: No MCLK specified in 'Clocks' line.  Using default 45
> (--) SVGA: chipset:  wd90c24
> (**) SVGA: videoram: 1024k
> (**) SVGA: clocks:  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32
> (**) SVGA: clocks:  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32  28.32
> (**) SVGA: clocks:  28.32  49.84
> (**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
> (--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90.000 MHz
> (**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  28.320, clock used =  28.320
> (--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 640x480
> (--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
> (--) SVGA: PVGA1: SpeedUps selected (Flags=0xf)
> 
> waiting for X server to shut down
> ^M
> (The ^M may be an artifact of copying via DOS floppy disk).
> (END)
> 
> 
> I see this after a fleeting glimpse of X.
> 
> Here is XF86Config - I deleted anything remarked out to save space.
> 
> # File generated by xf86config.
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> 
>      RgbPath  "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 
> 
> #    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
>      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> #    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> #    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> #    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>      FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> 
> (Steven's file also had 75dpi, this does not)

This is not a problem. X will still run as long as it can
find the "fixed" and "cursor" fonts, which are usually in
misc.

> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Keyboard"
> 
>      Protocol "Standard"
> 
> (xf86config put in the next few lines, Steven had only XkbDisable)
> 
>      AutoRepeat       500 5
> 
>      LeftAlt     Meta
>      RightAlt    ModeShift
> 
>      XkbDisable
> 
>      XkbKeymap   "xfree86(us)"
> 
> 
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Pointer"
>      Protocol    "PS/2"
>      Device      "/dev/mouse"
> 
>      Emulate3Buttons
>      Emulate3Timeout    50
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 
>      Identifier  "compaq"
>      VendorName  "compaq"
>      ModelName   "compaq"
> 
> 
> HorizSync 30-40
> VertRefresh 60-70
> 
> Modeline "640x480" 28.32 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525

No EndSection?

> (I tried without the VGA section and it did not help.  This may be 
> leftover from trying to run X with xvg16 - should I take it out?)

It looks OK. I don't think that it is the problem.

>   Standard VGA Device:
> 
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier       "Generic VGA"
>      VendorName       "Unknown"
>      BoardName        "Unknown"
>      Chipset  "generic"
> 
> #    VideoRam 256
> 
> #    Clocks   25.2 28.3
> 
> EndSection
> 
> 
> # Device configured by xf86config:
> 
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier  "wd"
>      VendorName  "wd"
>      BoardName   "wd"
>      VideoRam    1024
>      # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> Clocks 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 
> 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 28.32 49.84
> EndSection

The Clocks line may cause a problem. Try commenting it out?

> # The Colour SVGA server
> 
> Section "Screen"
>      Driver      "svga"
>      Device      "Generic VGA"
>      Device      "wd"
>      Monitor     "compaq"
>      Subsection "Display"
>          Depth       8
>          Modes       "640x480"
>          ViewPort    0 0
>          #Virtual     320 200
>          #Virtual     1152 900

I assume that you tried "Virtual 1024 768"?

>      EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> 
> ------------------
> Anything else needed to solve this puzzle?

Try starting X directly, without startx or xinit.

David

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