[parisc-linux] Re: XFree86 Question%26In-Reply-To=%26lt;F272OJlN0hju8qNABIT0000d6c2@hotmail.com>

[Tom]

On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Gururaj Ananthateerta wrote:
> I am facing simila problem and tried the fix suggested
> Rather, I don't know whether I have applied the fix xorrectly.
> Could anyone please explain how to fix this problem.
>
> Question
> ----------
>
> And now, an X question :-)
>
> I'm getting this on startup of the X server,
>
>         FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument
>
>         Fatal server error:
>         AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
>
> Any ideas? Ran the release note patch, and upgraded to 2.4.16-pa24 to no
> avail. X server is rev 4.1.0-9.0.1.

I had the same error when I had my X config set to default to 24-bit color
and the FB wanted 8-bit color. Didn't seem like a very intuitive error :-)

This was on a C180 with default adapter...