Hi -- I'm running Debian 2.2 and this is a new experience for me.
I'm trying to get X running using the frame buffer device. At the moment when I do a startx I get a sort of off-white screen for a moment, then I get the familiar X screen with the big X planted in the middle (which, incidentially, I can even move with the mouse). The problem is that the screen doesn't stick. It only remains for about a second and then disappears after which I see the following: XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: January 8 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.17pre10 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: FBDev: Server for frame buffer device (Patchlevel 11): mfb, cfb8, cfb16, cfb24, cfb32 (using VT number 4) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3 (**) FBDev: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) FBDev: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" (**) FBDev: Using default frame buffer video mode (--) FBDev: Frame buffer device: VESA VGA (--) FBDev: Video memory: 32768K @ 0xe0000000 (--) FBDev: MMIO regs: 0K @ (nil) (--) FBDev: Type 0 type_aux 0 bits_per_pixel 8 (--) FBDev: Hardware accelerator: None (--) FBDev: No driver support for hardware acceleration bpp = 8, depth = 8, BitsPerRGB = 6 (--) FBDev: Using cfb8 driver waiting for X server to shut down Here is my XF86Config file: Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" EndSection Section "Keyboard" Protocol "Standard" AutoRepeat 500 30 EndSection Section "Pointer" Protocol "PS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Primary Monitor" HorizSync 31.5-48.5 VertRefresh 55-90 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "FBDev" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" SubSection "Display" Modes "default" EndSubSection EndSection If anyone has any thoughts on what I can do to fix this, I'd really love to hear them. Thanks. ... doug _____________________________________________________________________ Doug Jolley mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.footech.com Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------