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As most of you will realize, Xvesa has been causing 
us some problems.  For example, it seems to have no 
256-color mode (which is the minimum required for 
AbiWord and links2).

However, an improved Xvesa could be on the horizon.  
I've just compiled a new Xvesa (using the new uClibc 
library and version 4.3 of X).  I don't know whether 
it's the library or the 4.3 sourcecode (the Xvesa 
in BL3 is 4.2), but the new Xvesa seems to be quite
different.  It now appears to have a good 256-color
mode.  I can't be sure because I haven't compiled
any X applications yet (that's more complicated
because I have to compile some X libraries first).
Hopefully, I'll have a clearer idea about this
Xvesa in the next week or so.

Cheers,
Steven