xorg-drv-ati, xorg-drv-mach64 in School Lite 5.0.1 on the video card: ATI rage mobility p/m agp 2x (First off, in the installer, testing X makes the screen black, and the computer doesn't respond any more to any key combinations. So, in order to complete the installation, one shouldn't test X. After the installation, X doesn't start; it reports something like that there is no driver and hence no screen; the value of the driver parameter in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty.) So, as the first thing after the installation, we put "ati" or "mach64" into /etc/X11/xorg.conf. With "ati" in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, X starts (in the log, one can read that it loads the mach64 driver). But when one switches to a text linux console, after a short while, X crashes (caught signal 11). Surprisingly, putting "mach64" straight into /etc/X11/xorg.conf causes X not to start: we get a blank screen, and can't exit this state; however, the computer does respond to key combinations, e.g., Ctrl+Alt+SysRq+O did work. (Or perhaps this was caused not by the specification of "mach64" in xorg.conf, but merely by the previous crash of X.) Workaround so far: put "ati" into xorg.conf, and don't switch to linux text consoles.
(In reply to comment #0) > (First off, in the installer, testing X makes the screen black, and the > computer doesn't respond any more to any key combinations. So, in order to > complete the installation, one shouldn't test X. https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23724 > After the installation, X doesn't start; it reports something like that there > is no driver and hence no screen; the value of the driver parameter in > /etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty.) https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23725
The description of the problem looks similar to https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23352 "По завершении сеанса валится Х-сервер. После чего умирает консоль.", but the driver is a different one, and the versions of the kernel and X are different...
проблемы бранчей меня не интересуют
Some people mention that they used this or a similar video card with older releases of ALT's distros: http://lists.altlinux.org/pipermail/community/2009-September/655744.html (re: 4.1 was better than p5 in this respect) https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15644#c3 (re 4.1) https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6473#c0 (re a much older Compact 2.3) https://bugzilla.altlinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1830#c7 (re the old times of linux-2.4) So, since they don't report this problem, probably the older releases of ALTLinux (e.g., 4.1) didn't have this problem; so, one could try installing the X server or the kernel from the 4.1 branch or one of the 4.1 distro in order to get a working system on this ATI video card.
(In reply to comment #0) > xorg-drv-ati, xorg-drv-mach64 in School Lite 5.0.1 on the video card: ATI rage > mobility p/m agp 2x This report concerns xorg-drv-ati-6.12.3-alt1.i586.rpm xorg-drv-mach64-6.8.1-alt1.i586.rpm , the same releases of the packages as the branches 5.1 and p5 currently have. (Thanks for the lists ftp://ftp.altlinux.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/p5/iso/school/5.0.1/altlinux-5.0.1r1-school-lite-i586-ru-install-cd.iso.txt !)
Аналогичная ситуация возникла при тестировании "Нового Легкого" для школ на LXDE. Во время установки видеокарта определяется верно, после перезагрузки - в xorg.conf наименование драйвера не прописано.http://forum.altlinux.org/index.php/topic,8912.msg123188.html#msg123188 и http://forum.altlinux.org/index.php/topic,8912.msg122235.html#msg122235
(В ответ на комментарий №6) > Аналогичная ситуация возникла при тестировании "Нового Легкого" для школ на > LXDE. Во время установки видеокарта определяется верно, после перезагрузки - в > xorg.conf наименование драйвера не > прописано.http://forum.altlinux.org/index.php/topic,8912.msg123188.html#msg123188 > и http://forum.altlinux.org/index.php/topic,8912.msg122235.html#msg122235 Можно приложить xorg.conf после установки и рабочий, после правки?
Created attachment 4691 [details] xorg.conf Во вложении исправденный xorg.conf. В оригинале секция Device выглядела так: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0|0" Driver "" EndSection
Поддержка дистрибутива завершена. Используйте новые версии.
