Cool. You could also try to raise it again to 16 if you want. But first use it a bit. :)
Frank On Thursday 24 July 2003 6:55, Steven Schlansker wrote: > Aha! It works! > Thanks a bunch... > It FINALLY works!!! Yay! > *does a little dance* > Yeah, it should have known to go down because it didn't work... Oh > well. > > On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 09:41 AM, Frank Murphy wrote: > >>> It seems that gnome-core doesn't get everything you want. Apt-get > >>> these, too: > >>> > >>> apt-get install gnome-control-center gnome-help gnome-panel > >>> gnome-session > >> > >> Got it. > > > > OK, the next time you log in, you should get more than just an xterm. > > > >> I replaced Xpmac with XFree86, and put those kernel arguments into the > >> BootX line > >> > >> (II) FBDev: driver for framebuffer: fbdev, afb > >> (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw" > >> (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" > >> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a > >> (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > >> compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.0.2 > >> ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 > >> (II) FBDev(0): using default device > >> (II) Running in FRAMEBUFFER Mode > >> (**) FBDev(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 > >> (==) FBDev(0): RGB weight 888 > >> (==) FBDev(0): Default visual is TrueColor > >> (==) FBDev(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) > >> (II) FBDev(0): Hardware: valkyrie (vidmem: 768k) > >> (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against framebuffer device... > >> (II) FBDev(0): mode "1024x768" test failed > >> (II) FBDev(0): mode "800x600" test failed > >> (II) FBDev(0): mode "640x480" test failed > >> (II) FBDev(0): Checking Modes against monitor... > >> (--) FBDev(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024) > >> (**) FBDev(0): Built-in mode "current": 78.7 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 75.0 Hz > >> (II) FBDev(0): Modeline "current" 78.75 1024 1056 1152 1312 768 > >> 769 > >> 772 800 +hsync +vsync -csync > >> (++) FBDev(0): DPI set to (100, 100) > >> (II) Loading sub module "fb" > >> (II) LoadModule: "fb" > >> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a > >> (II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > >> compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > >> ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1 > >> (**) FBDev(0): Using "Shadow Framebuffer" > >> (II) Loading sub module "shadow" > >> (II) LoadModule: "shadow" > >> (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libshadow.a > >> (II) Module shadow: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > >> compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 > >> ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.1 > >> (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp > >> > >> Fatal server error: > >> AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > > > Just a guess, but I bet the valkyrie chip doesn't do 24 bit depth. > > Change it > > to 8 to start, and perhaps try 15 or 16 later. > > > > To change it in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, in the Screen section, there > > will be a > > line DefaultDepth 24. Change that to 8. I'm surprised that XFree86 > > doesn't > > downgrade automatically though. > > > >> One other thing: While configuring the server, it asks for the BusID > >> of the video card, but lspci doesn't show it. How else could I get > >> it? > >> (It says that it's required for PowerPC machines...) > > > > It's only required if XFree86 is accessing the card directly. In your > > case, > > the kernel is accessing it and providing the framebuffer. So don't > > worry > > about it. > > > > Frank
