Re: help starting x please

2003-02-12 Thread Sheldon E . Auerbach
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:08:54 -0800 pinhas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to Linux, and trying to start a new machine (headfirst dive > into the microsoft-free world). I've tried going throught the install > several times (woody), and I can't get X started- i get a no screens > error. I

Re: s3virge and xfree864.1

2002-09-03 Thread Sheldon E. Auerbach
At 12:05 PM 9/3/02 -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, > >I am running woody plus xfree86 4.1.0-16 in a pentium pro machine. The >video card has a s3 virge chipset, so, the xserver-xfree86 runs its >s3virge drive. I have the following problem: at resolutions of 1024x768

RE: Xfree86 problems with woody (MORE INFO)

2002-09-03 Thread Sheldon E. Auerbach
I had the same problem with a similar NVIDIA GeForce video card. XFree86 failed with the "(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration." log message. The problem seemed to be frame buffering. Try setting UseFBDev to false in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. That worked in my case. I hope