Re: X display problem
I found a driver to support NeoMagic chipsets. it is XBF_NeoMagic.
And the site I got it from listed my laptop as one it has been succussfully
run on. However I can't seem to get it to work properly.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jens B. Jorgensen <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>
To: Matthew Myers <mmyers@ourtownusa.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Tuesday, July 21, 1998 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: X display problem
>XFree86 doesn't support NeoMagic chipsets, except with the VGA16 server
which
>supports, you guessed it, only 16 colors and crappy resolution (up to
640x480?). There
>are two commercial linux X servers which support the chipset, and they are
not cheap.
>Write an email to NeoMagic registering your disgust that they won't allow
XFree86 to
>get the technical specs without restriction. CC that email to your laptop
>manufacturer.
>
>Matthew Myers wrote:
>
>> I have recently installed debian on a laptop. It has the NeoMagic
chipset,
>> and I have read all the files and tried numerous configurations. My
problem
>> is, the screen comes up blank. X is running, because when I click with
the
>> mouse it runs the hd. When I exit X, I can see all the server messages
and
>> it reports no errors. What could cause a blank screen when in X?
>>
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