Re: Problems with x.org/trident/white screen

2005-08-08 Thread Steven Noble
In case anyone is paying attention to this thread I tried the x.org upgrade again and it seems to be working with the trident driver now.On 7/19/05, Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:frustrating thing is that xorg found the video card and pulled the right   driver and ident string et

Re: Problems with x.org/trident/white screen

2005-07-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
frustrating thing is that xorg found the video card and pulled the right driver and ident string etc no problem... and that virtual terminal crap is REALLY annoying. I'll ive it a week and try again, I suppose. Thankfully its my play-box... A -- there's something really disturbing when the

Re: Problems with x.org/trident/white screen

2005-07-19 Thread Steven Noble
Yeah that was me on slashdot... this is probably a more appropriate forum thoughOn 7/19/05, Andrew Sackville-West < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I've had this same problem on my old Cel300 with Trident 9441 (pci). Virtual terminals completely unusable -- had to SSH in from another boxto do the roll bac

Re: Problems with x.org/trident/white screen

2005-07-19 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
I've had this same problem on my old Cel300 with Trident 9441 (pci). Virtual terminals completely unusable -- had to SSH in from another box to do the roll back. something kinda cool about restarting the X server from another box and watching it come back up Also, there was a post on slashdot

Problems with x.org/trident/white screen

2005-07-19 Thread Steven Noble
A few days ago I upgraded to x.org in Debian and it discovered my on board video card as a trident compatible just fine. But when x.org started all I got was a white screen and my virtual terminals were unreadable (I've noted the virtual terminal problem in other threads). I tried the Vesa driver a