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IronManRust
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Joined: 19 Oct 2004
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Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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 Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: Problems with X setup on Virtual PC 2007 |
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I am trying to setup a Gentoo virtual machine in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 here at work. The host is running Windows XP Professional SP3 x86 Edition. For the most part things have gone well, but I’ve ground to a halt trying to coax X into cooperating.
First, it would probably help to share some bits of system information, so here goes.
make.conf
| Code: | CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.cites.uiuc.edu/pub/gentoo/"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="s3"
USE="X gnome -kde gtk gtk2 -qt3 -qt4 firefox -mozilla nsplugin java doc jadetex opengl alsa esd gstreamer cdparanoia flac mad mp3 mysql emacs ftp -acl samba -cups quicktime mpeg avi xvid divx4linux gif jpeg gd xvmc hal"
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xorg.conf
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAsixMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "S3 Trio 32 PCI"
Driver "s3"
BusID "PCI:0:8:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen"
Device "S3 Trio 32 PCI"
Monitor "Monitor"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout"
Screen "Screen"
InputDevice "Keyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse"
EndSection
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All currently installed packages are in the stable x86 tree, and I plan to keep it that way if possible.
When I go to run startx I receive the following:
| Code: | Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
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Xorg.0.log
| Code: | ...
<snip>
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(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version 1.2.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
...
<snip 11 hex ranges>
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Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
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If you need additional bits of the Xorg.0.log I can supply them, I just don't have any copy/paste functionality on my VM yet so it takes me a while to type everything. 
I'm pretty sure I have all of the right kernel (2.6.27-gentoo-r8, manually configured) settings to support the S3 video card that's emulated in Virtual PC 2007 but I can check if needed.
Basically, I'm not sure what else to do at this point, and would appreciate any assistance. |
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IronManRust
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Joined: 19 Oct 2004
Posts: 14
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:38 pm Post subject: Admitting Defeat ... For Now |
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After playing around with various kernel parameters and xorg.conf settings I've decided to throw in the towel trying to get the S3 driver working. A quick emerge of the generic VESA driver and I got X to start up without a hitch on the first try.
I'm still open for suggestions on getting the vendor-specific driver working, but since it won't really be doing any "hardware" acceleration I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
For everyone who read my thread - thanks for looking! |
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