On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 11:52, Andre Leblanc wrote: > Not exactly my area of expertise but what about that "no framebuffer > found" line... sounds like you have X Configured to use a framebuffer, but > maybe thats not compiled into the kernel. framebuffers from what I've > heard are not the best idea for general purpose X Displays. causes alot > of problems. also it mentions that there were screens found, but they are > not configured properly (or some similar message) check your HorizSync > and VertRefresh Lines, and the mode lines. > Good luck, > Andre
I read it the same way - although I'd qualify the observations with the consideration that framebuffers work better with some hardware where the supporting code is more advanced than with other. Framebuffers work fine with older ATI cards, for instance, but for NVidia, where for some time the only support was via a binary-only module, I'm pretty sure that it isn't *quite* as complete yet. That said, it sounds like there isn't anything compiled into the kernel or as a module to provide framebuffer support at present, so at this point, the X server should be switched. An apt-cache search nvidia only points to xserver-svga, which is for XFree86 3.3.6, although there is a beta source code in nvidia-glx-src for an XFree86 4.0 driver. Apparently you install it, build it and install that, and voila. -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
