Sorry, I just realised that the txt at the bottom of the screen was there, so read it and found FBDEV..
so its working, FBDEV sux as far as clarity goes, but its better then nothign.. Thanks everyone for your help.. rgs Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of tester Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2002 2:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] framebuffer. Franki wrote: >Hi all, > >I am trying to install linux on an IBM box, it needs samba, postfix and >other stuff and I'd like a basic GUI, so that the non techie guys can still >do basic admin stuff... > >I have everything but the GUI working.. > >The box uses a S3 savage card that X doesn't seem to recognise.. however >framebuffer seems to work just fine. (or at least it did during install) > >So my question is this.. if I can't get the savage card working in X, I'd >like to get X working in FB... > >how do I go about doing that? I have Aurora installed and working fine, and >that relies on FB doesn't it? > >Currently I have XFree86-4.1.0-17mdk and all its dependencies installed, but >I can't get any soft of display.. > >If I try, the box locks up completely and nothing works but reset. (couldn't >even ping the box over the network.) > > >Can anyone give me some pointers or a page with a howto for setting up X >using framebuffer? > > >rgds > >Frank > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Install XFree-3.3.6 in expert mode and select framebuffer device for a graphics card. I had no trouble with IBM desktops and their native S3s and CL5465s in 3.3.6. I did have trouble with the CL drivers in Win98 and decided to use something else for a Samba testing machine. Civileme
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