From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sh.od.inet (CPE0080c82c70ca.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.112.140.233]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E39B0482C for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:19:56 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 22:20:46 -0500 From: "Carlos O'Donell Jr." To: Jeremy Drake Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] X on J5000 Message-ID: <20020326222046.B10013@systemhalted> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from jeremyd@apptechsys.com on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 05:19:18PM -0800 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > I've finally got a fairly stable setup - the latest 2.4.18-pa11 single > proc. Now I've got a USB card, and I am able to make the graphics console > and hid keyboard working. Now I've moved on to X. I read somewhere, tho > I forget where, that I have to do fbset -i to get the resolution. This > reports no such device. > > So, I'd like a pointer to an X on J5000 setup howto and a little help > figuring out the fb stuff. > > > TIA > I believe the J5000 has a Visualize EG PCI card, and that should be working. fbset -i will give you all the geometry you need, but won't work without the compiled fbdev. You need to go into [Console Drivers] and turn on the frame-buffer support for your system ("Generic STI Framebuffer Support"). Cheers, Carlos.