Hmm...Googling on "XFree86 using framebuffer" I stumbled across:
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5

I've been running the Debian installation kernel vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4.
This kernel is configured _without_ CONFIG_FB_PM2.
I wonder, could the problem lie with a kernel/hw mismatch? Or am I barking up the wrong tree?


There's only a finite number of ways to find out....

--rich

On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 11:59 AM, Måns Rullgård wrote:

Rich Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Whenever I startx the virtual consoles all disappear (No video
signal);  but the server runs fine on tty7.   When I exit the server I
have no  consoles.

The only way I've found to restore the consoles is to reboot the
machine--which is frustrating.

Machine: Dell Precision 410
Video: Diamond FireGL 1000 Pro.
OS:  Debian Woody

I have one of those cards, and it works fine with XFree86 4.3.0 in linux 2.5.68. The only quirk I've noticed is that when switching back to a text console, some colors have been modified. It never bothered me much, so I haven't dug into it.

Do you have something strange in your XF86Config?

One possible workaround could be to use the framebuffer console.

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