Christopher Jason Morrone wrote: > I upgraded from 3.2 using the 3.3-3 packages, and now when I try to startx, > the screen flickers and goes black, and the keyboard locks up. > > I'm using the S3 server(#9 motion 771 card), and he's using standard SVGA for > his Trident I believe. > > In any case, the XF86 3.3 packages are definitely broken. I'd fill out a > bug report, but unfortunately, I can't be any more specific than that > right now. I had the same problem with an S3 Trio 64 V+ graphics card. My flicker (or more nearly pulsing (of xdm repeatedly trying to start?)) was quite nasty, so I quickly rebooted with the rescue disk, deleted /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm, rebooted from the harddisk, and downgraded. Is 3.3 choking on my old configs? Or could it have been the S3 server?
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