Re: [TCLUG:3730] Anyone Alpha savvy?

[James Retterer <rett0020@tc.umn.edu>]

I apologize for the long post:

When X starts up, it does a bunch of stuff, then the screen goes blank, then it
comes back to text and this is the part that is visible:

>(--) DEC_TGA: DEC 21030 TGA 24 Plane Chip Found.
>(--) DEC_TGA: videoram: 8192 k
>(--) DEC_TGA: Using ICS1562 Programmable clock
>(**) DEC_TGA: Option "dac-8-bit"
>(**) DEC_TGA: Virtual coordinates - Not yet supported. Ignoring.
>(--) DEC_TGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
>(**) DEC_TGA: Mode "800x600": mode-clock = 50.000
>(--) DEC_TGA: TGA chipset currently only supports one modeline.
>Invalid value for bpp.  Valid values are 8, 16, 24 and 32.
>
>
>*** A configured device was found, but display modes could not be resolved. ***
>
>
>Fatal server error:
>no screens found
>
>When reporting a problem related to server crash, please send the
>full server output, not just the last messages.
>
>_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
>giving up.
>xinit: Connection refused (errno 61): unable to connect to X server
>xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error.

Well, anyone out there who has any clues?  I assume that I have some setting
incorrectly set, but I am unable to piece it together.

Help?

james



Serge M. Egelman wrote:

> I've done it on an alphastation 200 once but I've never seen that problem before.
> At what point does it crash?
>
> serge
>
> James Retterer wrote:
>
> > I am having difficulties to get Xwindows running on an Alphastation 200 with a
> > ZLXp-E2 TGA card.  It's a fresh install of RH5.2, and it keeps crashing saying
> > that there can be only one mode line, or something like that.  I would
> > apreciate any help that any Alphagurus could offer...
> >
> > your humble servant,
> > james
> >
>