[ale] X frame buffer

[John Wells]

Thanks for your reply.  I do have a screen entry in
XF86Config.  It works when I specify the device as my
video card (however, only at 8bpp), but if I switch
devices to fbdev I get a "No Screens Found" error.

Perplexing...

John

--- rhiannen <rhiannen at atlantacon.org> wrote:
> Edit /etc/X11/XF86config  (or wherever you distro
> put it.) <g>
> Under 
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 
>  - probably need to add something similar to:
> 
>         Identifier  "Screen0"
>         Device      "Card0"
>         Monitor     "Monitor0"
>         Default Depth 16
> # or 8, or 24, or 32, whatever is correct for your
> system
>         SubSection   "Display"
>                 Depth    16
>                 Modes    "1024x768" 800x600"
> "640x480"
> # or higher, if your system calls 
> # for it and you can read that small
>                 ViewPort 0 0
>         EndSubSection
> 
> You may need to play around some, add a few
> SubSections, one for each
> (color) depth & resolution.
> 
> 
> -- 
> rhia
> knowledge is power - arm yourself
> 
> 
> 
> 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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