In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I have recently installed debian on a laptop. It has the NeoMagic chipset, >and I have read all the files and tried numerous configurations. My problem >is, the screen comes up blank. X is running, because when I click with the >mouse it runs the hd. When I exit X, I can see all the server messages and >it reports no errors. What could cause a blank screen when in X?
RH have written an X server for the NeoMagic, which I hope to package shortly. Until then, the way to do it is: * Run XF86Setup and set everything up as normal * Get XBF-neomagic-glibc-1_1_0-1_i386.tgz from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF/ * Copy the XBF_NeoMagic from the tgz to /usr/bin/X11R6/ * Alter /etc/X11/XServers to point to this file * Replace: * Section "Monitor" ... EndSection * Section "Device" ... EndSection * Section "Screen" ... EndSection in /etc/X11/XF86Config with the ones in XF86Config.neomagic from the tgz Then startx and all should work :-) HTH Ian -- Ian Lynagh - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.sol.no/~balchen/igloo/ I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
