RE: how to activate X with famebuffer

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RE: how to activate X with famebuffer

From: Mukund JB. <hidden>
Date: 2004-09-28 05:39:25

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I get the error message saying :-
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
<cut>
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Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device "Linux Frame Buffer"
	Monitor "COMPAQ S510"
	DefaultDepth 8
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 8
	#	Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Why did you comment out the "modes" line??
I am defining the mode in the lilo.conf file.
Can u suggest how to acticate X so that it works on rivafb framebuffer
driver.
Carlo
Regards,
Mukund jampala


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Re: how to activate X with famebuffer

From: Carlo E. Prelz <hidden>
Date: 2004-09-28 06:54:40

	Subject: RE: [Linux-fbdev-devel] how to activate X with famebuffer
	Date: mar, set 28, 2004 at 11:11:37 +0530

Quoting Mukund JB. (mukundjb@esntechnologies.co.in):
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I get the error message saying :-
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
<cut>
quoted
Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device "Linux Frame Buffer"
	Monitor "COMPAQ S510"
	DefaultDepth 8
	Subsection "Display"
		Depth 8
	#	Modes "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Why did you comment out the "modes" line??
I am defining the mode in the lilo.conf file.
Your error message tells you that the "screen" section is
unusable. So, you are supposed to experiment with modifications on
that section until the error message changes - that is, until your
screen section becomes usable. Focus on the immediate block. When your
screen section is OK. either X will work, or you will have a new error
message pointing to new tests and experiments.

X must be told at what resolution to work, and all framebuffer drivers
but the simple VESA one can change resolution on the fly, so you can
very well have X in one resolution and text mode in one (or more)
other resolutions. 

Carlo

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