Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > I installed Dweebian on my brand-new 1.1GHz machine (does a 'make bzImage on > 2.2.18 in 1m48s!), with a nifty new G450 vid board. > > after figuring out what packages I needed, I installed XFree86 4.0.2, and ran > XFree86 -configure. moved the resulting config file to > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, and tried running 'XFree86 -xf86config > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4' > > unfortunately, this produces a blank screen, which does not respond to > keyboard input. :( > ssh'ing in, and killing XFree86 doesn't release the console either. :( > > I have to run 'reboot' from my ssh session, in order to kill it. :( > (any way to re-initialize the console remotely, and reset it without > rebooting?) > > anyone seen anything like this before? the file made by XFree86 -configure, > should produce at least a *working* output, if not an optimal one. Yeah, well, I haven't had much luck with the auto-configure system working properly.. You can try my config file if you like: http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hick0088/files/XF86Config-4 It's set up for my monitor (Sony CPD-100ES Gamma: ~1.8 Max Resolution: 1320x992 ;-), but it works fine with my video card (Matrox G400), though I haven't had GL stuff working for a while :-( -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Interlace: To tie two / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ boots together. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]