If you used the virtual consoles and follow your "startx" with a CTRL-ALT-F1 (or wherever you ran it), you'll see some error messages. Anyways, the quick fix is to (as root) do the following:
# chmod 666 /dev/fb? That takes care of the problem. The reason why this is so was discussed on this list about a month or two ago, so grab it in the archives off of http://www.debian.org/ if you're interested in the details. > What do I need to do to configure X on my SPARC 2? I'm used to having > the xf86setup package on the Intel machines, but it doesn't seem like > it's available for SPARC. I already figured out that I need to > symlink /dev/mouse -> /dev/sunmouse, but when I type "startx", the > screen goes blank and nothing happens. There is no XF86Config file, > so that could be the problem, but isn't this something that should be > installed by the configuration scripts? > > Thanks for any help, > Max > > -- > The hopeful depend on a world without end > Whatever the hopeless may say > Neil Peart, 1985 >