Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me with my outdated system and X problems.

System details:
Nec Versa SX
64M RAM
TFT monitor
Trident 9388 graphics Card

Linux is running:
Slackware 7.1
16M swap


For numerous reasons, this is what I am stuck with. I'd love to update--it'd probably solve all my problems--but I'm out of luck. The gist of it is I can not get the X server to start up. When I run xf86config, get the config file and then run X -probeonly, I get the following. Through the xf86config program, I choose 'Trident Cyber 9388' as it is the closest one. I'm never questioned about the Framebuffer so I don't know where that's coming from. I've also gone through all the help/man files and relevent README's. :P
Also, there is no "fbdev" section in the "Screen" section of my xf86config.

=================================================
XFree86 Version 3.3.6 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 8 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems.
Operating System: Linux 2.2.13 i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
FBDev: Server for frame buffer device
(Patchlevel 10): mfb, cfb8, cfb16, cfb24, cfb32
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: Busmouse, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

You must provide a "Screen" section in XF86Config for at
least one of the following graphics drivers: fbdev

Fatal server error:
No configured graphics devices
======================================================


Now, when I run XF86Setup and make the same choices for the xf86config
file it automatically tries to start up the Xserver and I get a bright white-blue blank screen. Then when I have to do a server kill just to get a console back,
I get flashed a quick msg: "Xserver running on a different virtual window"


Any ideas to fix this? Or even what the problem really is? My HD is a 2G Win 2G linux partition and the windoze side barely functions. I am pretty much up a creek at this point. (I'm working off of a loner right now)

Thanks

The driver for your card is XF86_SVGA thats the one that should be listed after you
select 'Trident Cyber 9388' .Make sure you have your monitor horozonal and vertical
refresh rate's entered right.Make sure the file is being saved,XF86Setup must be some kind of setup script
and when it does't work it doesn't save the file.Try running /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config
Here is a thread on it may help;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...2001/03/2/1253

If only it was that simple. I've always chosen the XF86_SVGA server. Plus, even though TFT monitors don't have sync rates, I've gone through all combinations of them to try to get it to work.
I always save the file in the proper place with the proper name.
And I've used both xf86config and XF86Setup--that's why the extra long post, to include results for them both.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.