I have a strange problem with my X setup, and I think I have narrowed it to a memory issue, but I wanted to get another perspective. My hardware is a Gateway Solo 5300XL laptop, with a Savage IX/MV video chip and (I assume from the websites I've read) 8MB of video RAM. My OS is Debian 2.2 rev6. XFree86 v 4.2.0 installed from binaries from the xfree86.org website. When I run startx (with a default depth of 8 (bits?) and a resolution of 1024x768 (native for the screen)), everything works great: twm starts, the clock and the three xterms (the default setup in the system-wide xinitrc). But when I up the depth to 15 or 16, and the same resolution, I get 3 "copies" (for lack of a better description) of the twm-clock-xterms setup side-by-side on my screen. My mouse moves around all three copies at the same time. Or I can lower the resolution to 800x600 at a depth of 15 or 16 and get the same results. You can imagine this isn't very conducive to work! ;) My guess is that the 8MB of RAM is not enough to run the screen at 1024x768. However, I do remember reading that someone did get XFree86 running on their 5300. If anyone has suggestions or corrections to help me get mine running, I would be grateful. TIA, Cary _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
