What do you mean "driver"? With XFree86, there are a series of X server programs, each for a different class of device support. is XBF_NeoMagic an X server?
Matthew D. Myers wrote: > I found a driver to support NeoMagic chipsets. it is XBF_NeoMagic. > And the site I got it from listed my laptop as one it has been succussfully > run on. However I can't seem to get it to work properly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens B. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: X display problem > > >XFree86 doesn't support NeoMagic chipsets, except with the VGA16 server > which > >supports, you guessed it, only 16 colors and crappy resolution (up to > 640x480?). There > >are two commercial linux X servers which support the chipset, and they are > not cheap. > >Write an email to NeoMagic registering your disgust that they won't allow > XFree86 to > >get the technical specs without restriction. CC that email to your laptop > >manufacturer. > > > >Matthew Myers wrote: > > > >> I have recently installed debian on a laptop. It has the NeoMagic > chipset, > >> and I have read all the files and tried numerous configurations. My > problem > >> is, the screen comes up blank. X is running, because when I click with > the > >> mouse it runs the hd. When I exit X, I can see all the server messages > and > >> it reports no errors. What could cause a blank screen when in X? > >> > >> -- > >> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > > > >-- > >Jens B. Jorgensen > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > > -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
