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Posted: June 16 2006,01:38 QUOTE
Well Xvesa -listmodes (or any other parameter) gives a segmentation fault.  Not good.  Wonder if my installation is bust??

On to the next avenue...
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Posted: June 16 2006,02:12 QUOTE
If your not sure about your installation, try it from live cd. If it works there, it should work on the installed.
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Posted: June 16 2006,05:21 QUOTE
Ha!

After installing XFree86.dsl per Kerry's comment, I now have:

- A very low resolution "X" background
- A large "X" cursor that I can move around

I assume that no Window Manager is being loaded... I'm running XFree86 by typing XFree86 on the command line...

I'll press on!
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Posted: June 16 2006,06:22 QUOTE
Did you read the download info? there should be somthing about modifying the xserver.

Edit: it says change .xserverrc and change where it say's xvesa to XFree86
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Posted: June 16 2006,06:58 QUOTE
Yep - and once I rebooted, I got a very grainy Window Manager (320x200) - so that's progress :)

I tried "vesa" and "fbdev" for drivers: with "vesa" I get a blank screen I can't get out of, and with "fbdev" an error about can't find /dev/fbo???

Anyway, I'll persevere with vesa - I'm guessing its working but at a higher resolution/refresh rate than the LCD can take.  

One other thinng I noticed - tried running Dillo - bit of HD activity, then nothing.  Same for Firefox - LOT of HD activity, then nothing.  Guessing that the processes ran out of memory...
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