I was finally able to get a working display by using the vesa xserver. I can get 1024x768 with 16 bit color with this. Strange that the S3 xserver, which is supposed to be for this card, would not work. Any ideas why, anyone?
I still get the /dev/input/mice missing directory error, but that doesn't seem to interfere with X running. The mouse cursor was acting really wildly, but I think that was because I installed gpm. Once I kill gpm (killall gpm), it behaves normally. I tried setting the mouse input device to /dev/gpmdata, as the manpage suggests, but that did not resolve the problem: only killing gpm makes the cursor behave normally under Xwindows. Since I like to use alot of virtual terminals, I'll miss having gpm functioning. Anyone have any ideas about how to make gpm work alongside Xwindows? And, on a similar note: I like to have my virtual terminals set at vga=5 (I include that comment in lilo.conf). However, once I fire up X windows, then exit it, the console gets wierd. About 1/4 of the console screen is cut off at the bottom. If I change vga=5 to vga=normal, I don't get that lower 1/4 of the screen getting cut off, but I also get a text size I don't really like in the virtual terminals. Anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this problem, or other insights into it? Does it happen because the xserver I'm using messes with the video BIOS? Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
