On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:39 -0400, Brian Hartman wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> The person I sent the last message from has another question: How do you
> install the framebuffer service and configure X to use it? TIA for any help
> you can provide.
In short:
rpm -qa|grep 'SVGA' #comes up with the name of the rpm-file
rpm -e name-of-the-rpm-file
Now you have deinstalled the SVGA server.
Now put in your Mandrake CD (can't remember number 1 or2)
(if you don't use supermount you'll have to mount the cdrom)
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS # for the 1. CD
cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2 # for the 2. CD
ls *FBD* # comes up with the full name of the rpm-file
rpm -ivh name-of-the-rpm-file
Now the server is installed.
3 more things to do:
1.
Alter your lilo.conf in the line it asks for the vga-mode:
vga=791 # this is for a nice frqamebuffer mode on a 1024x768 screen
2.
After deinstalling the SVGA server your link /etx/X11/X points to nothing
rm /etc/X11/X
ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev # sets the link again
3.
Alter your XF86Config
This depends on the monitor you have, the default resolution and
colordepth you want to have.
In the easy case you just have to change your section "Screen" so that
where before was "Driver SVGA (or something)" you type "Driver fbdev"
Again, this is it in short terms. I did that on an IPC notebook with a
SiS chip. Before I had problems to setup X and when I finally succeeded
every time I switched to text console from X the machine froze and I had
to reboot(!). Now, with the FBDev it runs very fast and smooth.
wobo
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