/etc/X11/XF86Config

Joe Altman fj at panix.com
Mon Nov 15 19:59:42 GMT 2004


My reply is inline.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 09:05:34PM +0300, Susumu Tanabe wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I want to install XF86 on my notebook
> Toshiba Satellite A60.
> Whioch kind of configuration file is necessary?
> The following trials gave no results.
>                        yours, Susumu Tanabe

> Section "Device"

<snip>

You seem to have an ATI chip:

> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "ati"
> 	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
> 	BoardName   "Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"

<snip>

But you are using this nvidia driver?

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> 	Driver      "nvidia"
> 	VendorName  "NVIDIA"
> 	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200"

Or perhaps this nvidia driver?

> Section "Device"
> 
> 	# VendorName	"nVidia Corporation"	# xf86cfg visualmode
> 	# BoardName	"NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go]"	# xf86cfg visualmode
> 		# xf86cfg -textmode
<snip>
> 	Driver      "nv"
> 	ChipSet     "GeForce4 440 Go"
> 	Card        "nv GeForce4 440 Go"
> EndSection

My guess is that the config program is detecting an ATI chip. Or
perhaps not; what does dmesg say?


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