dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Mark Berkwitt wrote:

> Hans,
> I swapped out that video card for one with specs seen below.  Also, I
> installed a PCI nic Kingston brand. When I invoked the startx command I got
> the following:
>
> (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 Trio32/64 rev 84, Memory ~~~~~~~~~~~
> (--) SVGA: chipset: Trio64v+ rev. 54
> (--) SVGA: Using new style S3 MMIO
> (--) SVGA: bus type PCI
> (--) SVGA: Ramdec type: S3_trio64v+ or compatible
> (--) SVGA: Max RAMDEC speed for this depth: 0 MHz
> Packed-pixel 24bpp depths are only supported for 868/968 chips.
> (--) SVGA: generic
> (--) SVGA: videoram: 2048k
> (--) SVGA: clocks 25.18
>
> (**) SVGA: 24bpp not supported for this chipset
> *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.***
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> Xconnection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
>
> I'm going to try to find how to change the pixel depth to 16bpp before I
> send this off.
>
> Later...
>
> I logged on as root and then attempted XF86Setup which failed and then
> ConfigXF86 which wasn't found.  Are there distribution-specific
> configuration tools for Debian?
>
> Next I'll try to edit the XF86Config file myself.
>
> Mark
>
>
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