Re: Endless Problems with XF86Config, what am I doing wrong?

[Robert Bar]

At 11:14 Uhr -0500 12.11.2001, sloopy malibu wrote:

 (...)
... and for defaultcolordepth make sure it says 16 ...

or 15

 this is my section 'screen':

 (...)

i've got (with a little help from some friends <s>) for my 7500
(without video-hardware-acceleration = onboard-video/2megsVRAM)

(BootX-prompt) [x] no video driver

and:

======================
# XF86Config-4
...
Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "fbdev"
        Option          "UseFBDev"            "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"             # 17"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        HorizSync       30-70
        VertRefresh     50-90
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Generic Video Card"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    15
        #SubSections "Display" 1, 4, 8
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        (...)
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     ...
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

# end of XF86Config
======================

 and it works fine...

..., too  ;-))

regards
    robert