OK, using startx >& X.log
I get the following: XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: August 23 1999 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.10 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: GLINT: accelerated server for 3DLabs GLINT graphics adapters (Patchlevel 0) (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us_microsoft)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3 (**) GLINT: Graphics device ID: "3DLabs Card" (**) GLINT: Monitor ID: "ViewSonic PT813" (--) GLINT: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" (--) GLINT: found TI chip GLINT Permedia 2 at card #0 func #0 with base 0xe3000000 (--) GLINT: Framebuffer address at 0xe2000000 (**) GLINT: videoram : 8192k (--) GLINT: Using builtin RAMDAC of Permedia 2 chip (--) GLINT: Fitted Memory type is : SGRAM (--) GLINT: VGA core is : Enabled (--) GLINT: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz (**) GLINT: Cannot support interlaced modes, deleting. (**) GLINT: Cannot support interlaced modes, deleting. (**) GLINT: Cannot support interlaced modes, deleting. (**) GLINT: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800 (**) GLINT: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 69.650 (**) GLINT: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 115.500 (**) GLINT: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 157.500 (--) GLINT: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) GLINT: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) GLINT: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) GLINT: XAA: Using 10 128x128 areas for pixmap caching (--) GLINT: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples (--) GLINT: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us_microsoft -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm' waiting for X server to shut down