LiveCD is unable to create /dev/fb0, it says that /dev/fb0 is not found when it tries to show splash. It cannot identify screen mode and tries to load /etc/splash/livecd-2006.0/.cfg - which doesn't exist. Then it selects default VESA driver for X server and fails to find any screen mode, saying: Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. When I manually set driver to use "i810" it says that /dev/agpgart is not found. I couldn't modprobe agpgart as such module doesn't exist on livecd.
Which motherboard/computer is this with? I tested on an IBM ThinkCentre with i865G, but don't have any i845G stuff to test against and I had no issues. What if you boot with "gentoo-nofb" instead?
(In reply to comment #1) > Which motherboard/computer is this with? I tested on an IBM ThinkCentre with > i865G, but don't have any i845G stuff to test against and I had no issues. It is MSI 845G motheboard. > What if you boot with "gentoo-nofb" instead? If I boot with gentoo-nofb then splash is not called and splash errors are not shown. But X server is unable to start anyway.
OK. Can you paste the exact errors that you get? (You can use the mouse to select and links works for browsing bugs.gentoo.org) Also, the contents of /etc/sysconfig/gentoo would be useful along with the output of lspci.
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/etc/sysconfig/gentoo: MOUSE_FULLNAME="ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse" MOUSE_DEVICE="/dev/input/mice" SOUND_FULLNAME="Intel Corp.|ICH4 845G/GL Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller" SOUND_DRIVER="snd-intel8x0" XSERVER="X" XMODULE="vesa" XDESC="Intel Corp.|82845 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]" ignat@ubuntu:~/tmp/gentoo-errors$ get lspci.out lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 01) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01) 03:05.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11) 03:05.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
When I increase Internal Video Memory from 1mb to 8Mb in BIOS, then both splash screen and X server start as expected. Thank you for your cooperation and time! I used agpgart driver before that could request more memory if needed. But VESA driver uses only memory allocated by BIOS.
Sounds good. I would bet that the minimum video RAM required is probably lower than 8MB, I would guess 4MB should be sufficient for 1024x678x24@60, but I could be wrong there. Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you found the cause of the problem.
