Re: Endless Problems with XF86Config, what am I doing wrong?

[Robert Bar <r_bar@gmx.de>]

At 11:14 Uhr -0500 12.11.2001, sloopy malibu wrote:
>  (...)
> ... and for defaultcolordepth make sure it says 16 ...

or 15

>  this is my section 'screen':
>
>  (...)

i've got (with a little help from some friends <s>) for my 7500
(without video-hardware-acceleration = onboard-video/2megsVRAM)

(BootX-prompt) [x] no video driver

and:

======================
# XF86Config-4
...
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"fbdev"
	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"		# 17"
	Identifier	"Generic Monitor"
	HorizSync	30-70
	VertRefresh	50-90
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	15
	#SubSections "Display" 1, 4, 8
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	(...)
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"Default Layout"
	Screen		"Default Screen"
	InputDevice	...
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

# end of XF86Config
======================


>  and it works fine...

..., too  ;-))

regards
    robert