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"Steve" <steve39@optusnet.com> wrote in message
news:3c301699$0$2601$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>      I am having trouble with XFree86. According to Windows (which,
> admittedly, is unreliable at best) I have an S3_Inc. Savage/IX w/MV. I
have
> installed RedHat 7.1 in it's own 3gig. partition on my Toshiba Satellite
Pro
> 4300. When I first installed I was able to use the Gnome desktop but the
> screen was unsteady (flickering when I would drag boxes etc.). Then it
> started booting up in text mode and, not knowing how to fix this, I
> reinstalled Linux. Again the desktop worked for a while then stopped. I
> found out about an updated driver for my screen so I downloaded it and
> replaced the file /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/savage_drv.o with the one
I
> downloaded as per the instructions at
> http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html#newbie. This made things worse and
I
> consequently reinstalled Linux. I still was unable to run X and I received
a
> message (error 2). Then I found out about XFree86 4.1.0 and
> downloaded/installed the correct one for my system
> (ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.1.0/binaries/Linux-ix86-glibc22/). If
> it is pertinent; I used cute FTP in binary mode to download the files.
This
> still didn't work and I received an error message. I tried copying the
> savage_drv.o file that I had downloaded into the appropriate directory but
I
> got exactly the same error message, which you see below.
>
> Thank you,
>
> ----------------Steve
>
>
> XFree86 Version 4.1.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
> Release Date: 2 June 2001
> Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.4 i686 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> (EE) Unable to locate/open config file
> (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>

From this error message it seems to indicate that your XF86Config file is
not correctly set up.  You will need some entries like the ones below, don't
copy these ones, they probably won't work for you!.

Since you are using XF86 v4.1.0 on RH your config file *should* be
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4, case is important.

HTH
--
    Troy

Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually
repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

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#
# /etc/X11/XF86Config-4  fragment
#
# This fragment applies to X servers version >= 4.0
#
# Use at own risk

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Acer|Acer 77c"
    VendorName "Acer"
    ModelName  "Unknown"
    HorizSync  30.0-72.0
    VertRefresh 50.0-120.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "S3 Trio64 (generic)"
    VendorName  "Unknown"
    BoardName   "Unknown"
# probably need to make the line below: Driver "savage"
    Driver      "vga"
    Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device      "S3 Trio64 (generic)"
    Monitor     "Acer|Acer 77c"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "800x600" "640x400"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    Screen     "screen1" # the sceens defined above
# Input devices should also be defined in the XF86Config file
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection