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 :-(

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