Problems getting X to work correctly in AntiX-19

[Member penton39]

Hello, I am new to AntiX. My problem is my main computer is broken so I am trying to revive an old PC so I can order new parts to fix the broken one. This is a very slow PC (Pentium II), 300 MHz, with about 450 MB RAM. So excuse me if I have posted in the wrong place or missed some vital information as it is hard to get anything done with the slow speed.
So what I have done is to install AntiX 16 on the hard disk, which is working. I wanted to get a more up to date version working. So I have written AntiX-19 to a DVD to run from there, but can’t get the graphical interface to work. I think it is trying to use a video mode unsupported by the monitor. So I try the safe mode and that does not work either. Here is the output from the Xorg log file:

[   160.947] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   160.949] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 i686 Debian
[   160.949] Current Operating System: Linux antix1 4.9.212-antix.1-486-smp #2 SMP Sat Feb 1 14:47:26 EET 2020 i686
[   160.949] Kernel command line: vga=791 quiet splasht disable=lxF
[   160.949] Build Date: 05 March 2019  08:11:12PM
[   160.949] xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1 (https://www.debian.org/support) 
[   160.949] Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
[   160.949] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   160.949] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   160.953] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jun 20 11:33:33 2020
[   161.026] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   161.026] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   161.026] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   161.373] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[   161.373] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[   161.375] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[   161.375] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[   161.385] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using the first device section listed.
[   161.385] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[   161.387] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[   161.387] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   161.387] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   161.387] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   161.387] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   161.641] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   161.641] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   161.654] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
[   161.654] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   161.658] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
[   161.658] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   161.658] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	built-ins
[   161.658] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   161.658] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[   161.658] (II) Loader magic: 0x730740
[   161.658] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   161.658] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   161.658] 	X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[   161.658] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   161.659] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   161.668] (++) using VT number 7

[   161.668] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[   161.693] (--) PCI:*(1@0:0:0) 1002:4742:1002:0084 rev 92, Mem @ 0xe2000000/16777216, 0xe1800000/4096, I/O @ 0x0000d800/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   161.693] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   161.713] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   162.904] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   162.904] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   162.904] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   162.904] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[   162.921] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[   163.153] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   163.155] 	compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 2.4.0
[   163.155] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   163.155] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   163.155] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   163.236] (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
[   163.236] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[   163.308] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[   163.641] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   163.642] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.1.0
[   163.642] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   163.642] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[   163.642] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[   163.650] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[   163.660] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   163.660] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[   163.660] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[   163.660] (II) VESA(0): initializing int10
[   163.676] (II) VESA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA BIOS detected
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Version 2.0
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 8192 kB
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI MACH64
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0
[   163.680] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
[   163.682] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: MACH64GT
[   163.682] (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[   163.935] (EE) VESA(0): Specified fbbpp (24) is not a permitted value
[   163.937] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[   163.937] (II) UnloadSubModule: "int10"
[   163.937] (II) Unloading int10
[   163.938] (II) UnloadSubModule: "vbe"
[   163.938] (II) Unloading vbe
[   163.938] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[   163.938] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[   163.938] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[   163.938] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[   163.940] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   163.940] (EE) 
[   164.167] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

So, I would like to know if there is a way to force it to use 1024×768, and maybe I need to force it to use 16 fbbpp instead of 24? The monitor I have is 1920×1080 and that would be way too slow on a machine like this so I probably need to force it to use 1024×768 or even 800×600.

[Member penton39]

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I forgot to say I have also tried AntiX 17 and that has a similar problem, so maybe there was a change somewhere between version 16 and 17 that has broken something for this particular hardware.

[Member Xecure]

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Have your tried failsafe?

It is possible that the new Xorg versions shiped in antiX 17 (debian stretch) and 19 (debian buster) do not work with your computers card. It has happened before to other users in the forum.
Hopefully some of the experts in the forum can explain their experience.

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[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Try without vga=791

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[Member seaken64]

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penton39,

I am a huge fan of antiX and I use it alot on my older computers. But in this situation I would choose Puppy. Usually Tahrpup or Lucid works (version 6 or 5). You can get on the internet and then get what you need and go back to antiX. Puppy (and antiX) will work on DVD but if you can boot from USB it will be better. I use Plop to boot from USB.

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