Re: X display problem
What do you mean "driver"? With XFree86, there are a series of X server
programs, each for a different class of device support. is XBF_NeoMagic an X
server?
Matthew D. Myers wrote:
> 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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