Ubuntyu Graphic driver help

[AngelOfMercy]

Hey, i justy got me a dedi box and there is no graphic driver installed on it, or it dont work :/


VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

but wen i try installin enemy territory it comes back with error on graphic card



----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
Error couldn't open the X display
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (4)
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Error couldn't open the X display
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----


i had this prob before. i just cant find the right thing i did nowhere. i did 1 command before and it fixed it all up

[dino99]

with synaptic, you need xserver-xorg-video-savage installed

then check activation: system admin additional driver

[AngelOfMercy]

It says i allready have that installed

$sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-savage



Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
xserver-xorg-video-savage is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 473 not upgraded.

[dino99]

is it activated ?

why not installing those 473 packages ?

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnemyTerritory

[AngelOfMercy]

i tried updating 1sty thing i did


$ sudo apt-get install -f


$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 473 not upgraded.

[AngelOfMercy]

looks like everything is updated already, Is there a command to activate the driver please

[dino99]

let me know if its a fresh installation or a dist-upgrade. If the savage driver is installed (look at synaptic: system admin synaptic, for broken package if any, and updates if any) but not activated (check it into: system admin additional driver) that mean your xorg.conf is weird.

which distro is installed ?

actual kernel directly deal with X, so no need of xorg.conf by default

how look is it: sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

[AngelOfMercy]

yes fresh install i did sudo apt-get update wen i 1st got it. it's ubuntu 8.04


# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vmmouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
EndSection

$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

/etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.34.6-xxxx-std-ipv6-32/modules.dep: No such file or directory

the file is there it just named xorg.conf.24589654 should i del the numbers

so i deleted the numbers off the end


$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg



xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20101108175149
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.34.6-xxxx-std-ipv6-32/modules.dep: No such file or directory

[AngelOfMercy]

sorry for double post
$ sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

cannot open display:
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.

[dino99]

you seem to have made some custom installation :)
( like ipv6 kernel: its not a standard one)

sudo apt-get install gedit

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

- change this part:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

to

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "savage"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

*** you can change savage by vesa if savage dont work

sudo dpkg --configure -a

then reboot

[AngelOfMercy]

----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so.1: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 4: 800 600
Error couldn't open the X display
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (4)
Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Error couldn't open the X display
...WARNING: could not set the given mode (3)
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Sys_Error: GLimp_Init() - could not load OpenGL subsystem
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[AngelOfMercy]

I am lost for options. If anybody has any more ideas please share. i been on this for 4 days now.