[plug] XWindows failure on Debian sarge

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

Its a protocol/standard for communicating with hardware. SOunds like
trident is dependent on the VGA module.. if you're missing vga, I'd
try to locate and install that. A
# man vga
should give you something...

Vesa is kinda like saying "true VGA" in a way... or EGA.. CGA..

On 5/2/06, Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2006, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
>
> >
> > Your problem is with this line:
> >
> > (EE) Failed to load module "vga" (module does not exist, 0)
> >
> > I'd suggest using a module that more closely resembles your VGA
> > hardware, or in a pinch modify /etc/X11/XFree86Config-4 and change the
> > Driver "vga" under section "Device" to "vesa".
> >
>
> I found it in the file /etc/X11/XF86Config . The file
> /etc/X11/XF85Config-4.saved , had as the driver, "trident".
>
> The screen is a 17" LCD screen, that I have had running at 1280x1024.
> The graphics card is a Trident Microsystems Cyberblade/i1 (from running
> lspci). In my research that I did, I found one web page on the Internet,
> where a person said that if the wrong graphics configuration is used, it
> will result in bright white lines on an LCD screen, with the lines burnt
> into the screen, permanently.
>
> Is vesa a correct driver? I thought that vesa was an architecture used
> in some 80486 architectures, to rival EISA.
>
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