[ale] X frame buffer

Prasanna Subash subash at skyline.external.hp.com
Mon Jan 14 10:30:51 EST 2002


My XFree86 on Mandrake 8.1 uses the file /etc/X11/XF86config-4
This might be a recent change.
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On Friday 11 January 2002 12:09 am, John Wells wrote:
> I'm trying to get X to work using the framebuffer
> driver (fbdev) only.  The current version (4.1.0) of X
> has a bug that only allows 8bpp with my chipset, so
> non-accelerated X with the framebuffer is the only
> option to get 16bpp.
>
> I keep getting a "No Screens Found" error.  Does
> anyone know of any good reference about using the
> framebuffer drivers?  Or does anyone use it
> personally?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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