I could be wrong, it has happened before :-) , but I think that X needs to be told to use framebuffer as its "driver"
Civilme said something about using X3.x to get framebuffer, but I didn't really catch the drift of his comment. Actually, I just looked on the 8.1 install CD and notice this :XFree86-FBDev-3.3.6-23mdk.i586.rpm but I can't find the actual X server, I found server-common, but not the server and not the client either, I can't imagine them being on another CD, can't use rpmdrake, because I don't have a working rpmdrake (no GUI remember) any ideas what packages I have to install to get 3.3.6-23 to work? rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Rusty Carruth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 2 January 2002 12:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] framebuffer. (This is replied to Frank, cc'd the list) > Hi all, howdy! > I am trying to install linux on an IBM box, it needs samba, postfix and > other stuff and I'd like a basic GUI, so that the non techie guys can still > do basic admin stuff... > > I have everything but the GUI working.. > > The box uses a S3 savage card that X doesn't seem to recognise.. however > framebuffer seems to work just fine. (or at least it did during install) > > So my question is this.. if I can't get the savage card working in X, I'd > like to get X working in FB... Hmm. Well, *I* thought that, if the kernel used FB, then everything else did too. I'm looking forward to any clarification we get here! > how do I go about doing that? I have Aurora installed and working fine, and > that relies on FB doesn't it? I think the answer is yes.. > Currently I have XFree86-4.1.0-17mdk and all its dependencies installed, but > I can't get any soft of display.. I'd say try the other version of x - 3.6.6 or whatever it was that starts with 3. I had a problem on my Dad's box where 4.1 did not handle the board at all correctly, but 3.x.x worked just fine. And since I think that the kernel did FB on his box as well, then maybe 3.x.x will work for you also. > Can anyone give me some pointers or a page with a howto for setting up X > using framebuffer? Cannot help you there, sorry! rc
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