Re: xf86 3.0, i845, no go

2004-02-16 Thread Bren Smith
Joe, I found that by upgrading the BIOS on my system I was able to access a new feature in the BIOS which allowed my to use 8MB of video RAM vs. the standard 1MB of RAM on earlier versions of the BIOS. Solved the problem immediately. I was using BIOS version A02 on a Dell Optiplex, and am now

Re: xf86 3.0, i845, no go

2003-09-07 Thread Johan Kullstam
Joe Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using the vesa driver of XFree86 3.0 ^^^ I see this as a simple typo and you are using 4.3.0. > from experimental with i845 chipset; when doing 'startx', one of two > things occurs: either the server aborts, giv

xf86 3.0, i845, no go

2003-09-06 Thread Joe Paxton
I am using the vesa driver of XFree86 3.0 from experimental with i845 chipset; when doing 'startx', one of two things occurs: either the server aborts, giving a "no screens found" error, or else multiple lines and dots of various colors appear on the screen and the machine locks. I have used debco