I have a problem with starting my Xserver. Recently the X server
died and did not come back on. At the time I was attempting to alter the
color depth of the server in 'Xserver.conf'. I believe I restored the
original settings and retried, I also tried the '.proto..Xserver.conf',
but the server remained dead (being a new sysadmin I did not backup the
file before editing it). I then altered the Xserver line in the xdm setup
to get as much info as possible about the error. The stumbling block
seems to be explained in the following error message.
--v--v--
Workstation device failure.
Cannot find loadable library to handle device ZLXp2-EV4.
Could not AddScreen, ID = ZLXp2-EV4
Fatal server error:
no screens found
--^--^--
I beleive that the ZLXp2-EV4 is my PowerStorm 3D30 video card and is
what is shown with sizer -gt. An output of the loaded libraries showes
the following for what I assume are the possible video cards (although I
thought that the PowerStorm 3D30 was a Cirrus card and there is a
lib_dec_cirrus.so but does not appear to be loaded):
--v--v--
Library Name Library File Na Init Proc Name DeviceName
_dec_vga lib_dec_vga.so vgaScreenInit (null)
_dec_triton lib_dec_triton. pwgaScreenInit_base QVision
_dec_ati64 lib_dec_ati64.s atiScreenInit_base ATI64
_dec_ati32 lib_dec_ati32.s ati32ScreenInit_base ATI32
--^--^--
What I have tried so far:
I have tried both warm and cold boots.
I have fsck'ed '/' and '/usr' and they have come up clean.
I have checked the licenses and the X system is not listed so I am
assuming we don't need one.
I checked that the necessary software sets were installed and they
appear to be for both X (OSFSER[PCI]360) and OpenGL (..O3DDWSZLXE330).
I inherited the machine and I don't appear to have the original
installation media so I can't immediately reinstall the software set. I
am thinking that either I have an essential line missing from my
Xserver.conf file OR the library that should control the screen has
become lost/corrupted. I am interested in hearing anyones ideas, I also
can supply the errorlog and Xserver.conf on request.
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Received on Wed Feb 03 1999 - 06:35:59 NZDT