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On Fri, 20 Aug 2010, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> trident cyber 9397dvd
>
> Xvesa works perfectly in Puppy Linux (X11R7, 2.6 kernel)
> Tested for over 30 minutes.
>
> Xvesa uclibc and glibc23, Xfbdev glibc, X SVGA with correct XF86Config
> all freeze up in BL2. Sometimes immediately. DSL Xvesa also freezes 
> eventually.  Both kernel 2.4.31.  glibc 2.3
> Twice VT1 has also frozen up when I tried to backspace.

Attempting to use svgalib also crashes it (in addition to producing a 
badly scrambled screen).  svgalib uses vesa for the trident.

I am using a vesafb kernel which may be part of the problem.
The text looks bad without framebuffer.  There is a separate trident 
framebuffer module that could be used in all but the terminal from which X 
is started.   Maybe vesafb conflicts with X?



Sindi Keesan