Hi Norman,
> during starting X (xdm, startx,X,...)
> the screen turns black. and the machine don't accepts any commands.
> no alt+f1 no cntrl+alt+delete no nothing.
try Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] to switch to a virtual console. Or try
Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace to shutdown the X server (this can be turned on/off
in /etc/X11/XF86Config, though).
> i'm "using" a fresh debian-woody-stable install (2.4 kernel) on a dell
> latitude
> cpi d266xt laptop with neomagic video (is/should be supported by both shipped
> version -XFree 3 and XFree 4.). no other operation system, no crazy extra-
> devices.
> any clue?
my Toshiba Portege 3020 has a NeoMagic 2160 chipset. It definitely needs
two options "XaaNoScanLine.." for the "neomagic" driver module or it won't
work at all. My "Device" section in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "Device"
Identifier "MagicGraph"
VendorName "NeoMagic"
Driver "neomagic"
# next two lines strictly necessary !
Option "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
Option "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
Option "accel"
#Option "XaaNoPixmapCache"
#Option "XaaNoScreenToScreenCopy"
#Option "XaaNoSolidFillRect"
#BusID "PCI:0:4:0"
#BoardName "NM2160"
# Chipset "NM2160"
# IOBase 0xfea00000
# MemBase 0xfd000000
# VideoRam 2048
# DacSpeed 90
# Option "linear"
# Option "nolinear"
# Option "sw_cursor"
# Option "hw_cursor"
# Option "intern_disp"
# Option "extern_disp"
# Option "mmio"
# Option "no_mmio"
# Option "lcd_center"
# Option "no_stretch"
EndSection
All other options are just listed for completeness, but commented out,
since X runs stable without them.
Hope that helps.
Regards,
Frank
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