On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 01:09:04PM -0600, dave mallery wrote: > > i just tried startx with the FB option uncommented. the machine did not > > freeze, however, i am back to the "no screens found" error which led me to > > comment it in the first place. > > The "no screens" seems less broken than a complete freeze/hang. > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 04:42:27PM -0600, dave mallery wrote: > > victory! > > > > a friend suggested that i comment out the load for dri in the XF86config-4 > > file. > > > > itsa works!!!! > > > > now maybe i can come up with a post-mortem that will explain this.... > > Yes, would be interesting. Did the solution involve commenting > or not commenting the FB line? > hi the FB option remains commented out. just removing the direct rendering dri module fixed it.
thanks dave -- Dave Mallery, K5EN (r/h 7.2 krud; debian woody) PO Box 520 Ramah, NM 87321 no gates .~. no windows... /V\ /( )\ running GNU/Linux ^^-^^ (Linux TM Linus Torvalds) free at last! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]