Thinkpad T43 15" ATI x300 X fails after reboot

[yatesco]

Hi all,

I am trying to install the latest (1.3.0.1) PC-BSD onto my Thinkpad T43 15" ATI x300 with an Intel wireless graphics card and the installation works, but then when it reboots X never appears...no error messages nothing.

I have read some articles stating you need the external monitor plugged in, tried that and no luck :( I have also tried it with APCI turned off and single user (which infuriatingly still tries to boot into X!!!!), all to no avail.

I have no other computer here so I cannot ssh in....any ideas?

I am currently downloading DesktopBSD and FreeBSD6 to see whether either of those work, but I really want PC-BSD ;)

Thanks.

Col

[pwk]

I have an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 in a Dell Inspiron. Currently I'm running PCBSD in VMWare, but yesterday I tried the new Freesbie 2.0 live release and everything ran OK graphically. Perhaps you could try that as another troubleshoting option.

[yatesco]

OK,

So I entered option 6 to enter boot mode, entered "boot -s" to start up in single user mode, then entered "mount -a" to mount the disk and then replaced the [Driver "ati"] with [Driver "vesa"] and it works!

Not ideal, but at least I have a graphical desktop to play with.

It would be nice if I could run with the ATI driver again.... any ideas?

[dracheflieger]

You might try to run as root, x -configure and copy the xorg.conf.new in /root to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

That will setup what x thinks your card should have. Be sure to make a backup of whatever you are using in /etc/X11/ (it's either xorg.conf or XF86Config with xorg taking precedent over the latter) so if it doesn't work you can put it back.

[Vins]

I got similar problem :?
after instaling PC-BSD 1.3.01, and i got error message,
http://images21.fotosik.pl/349/06f8fe94522a0d0am.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=06f8fe94522a0d0a)

my pc:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+
motherboard: ASRock K7VT4A Pro
HDD: Samsung (ATA) 10 G.
Drive: Samsung DVD-RW
Graphic: ATI Randeon 9200
Audio: built-in

[antik]

I got similar problem :?
after instaling PC-BSD 1.3.01, and i got error message,
http://images21.fotosik.pl/349/06f8fe94522a0d0am.jpg (http://www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=06f8fe94522a0d0a)

my pc:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400+
motherboard: ASRock K7VT4A Pro
HDD: Samsung (ATA) 10 G.
Drive: Samsung DVD-RW
Graphic: ATI Randeon 9200
Audio: built-in

Sounds like IRQ sharing conflict. Try to disable VGA and USB IRQ in BIOS.

[Apatewna]

Sounds like IRQ sharing conflict. Try to disable VGA and USB IRQ in BIOS.

Disabling VGA IRQ will leave him with a 640x480 resolution. Modern VGAs (AGP and PCI-E) require IRQ to use higher resolutions.

[antik]

Sounds like IRQ sharing conflict. Try to disable VGA and USB IRQ in BIOS.

Disabling VGA IRQ will leave him with a 640x480 resolution. Modern VGAs (AGP and PCI-E) require IRQ to use higher resolutions.

Never had such a problem in my lifetime- never heard about such a limitation before.

[localetc]

I am experiencing this problem with a fresh download of PC-BSD. The graphical install is successful and on rebooting it failes after

Starting X...

X never starts. Thanks in advance for any advice!

[graedus]

I am experiencing this problem with a fresh download of PC-BSD. The graphical install is successful and on rebooting it fails after

Starting X...

X never starts. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Try booting using the display configuration option during the boot menu, and try VESA. If it succeeds, you have a configuration to failsafe in case your specific video driver isn't recongnized.

[kmf]

Hi There,
Had the exact same issue,
Boot Option 4 in the Boot Menu, Single User mode,
Wait,
Press Return/Enter

enter "mount -o rw /"
"vi /PCBSD/xorg-conf/xorg.conf.basic"

I'm not 100% sure of the filename, but it's something like it.

in vi enter the following
":/radeon" (then press enter)

then delete it out
by pressing "x"

then hit "i"
and type "vesa"

then hit "esc" type "wq"
(You've quit vi)

then type "sync"

reboot and sees what happens