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Posted: Jan. 08 2004,23:59 QUOTE
I have done a hard drive install on an old Compaq prolinea 4/66.  I have not been able to get X to start (I have tried Xvesa and fb).  I have tried VGA= just about everything and it still gives me the infamous error message.

modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module fb0
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

If I try Xvesa, the screen goes black and I have to reboot.

I could not get X to start booting from CD either, even using fb800x600 at the boot prompt.

The PC has integrated video on the motherboard.  I don't know what chipset (I'll take the lid off tonight).

Any ideas?

Bill
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Posted: Jan. 10 2004,00:11 QUOTE
Just a followup:
The video chipset is TSENG Labs.
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Posted: Jan. 21 2004,05:56 QUOTE
Im guessing that your video card cannot support the framebuffer or vga modes. It sounds like you have an EGA card. This is very ancient and if you can get some old VGA card. EGA is good for tyhe command prompt but X wont run. Period. Goto some place where you can get a cheap ISA VGA Card, I've seen computers over at goodwill that didnt work but had some working compents. g/l.

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Posted: Jan. 21 2004,16:18 QUOTE
When you try xvesa, which resolution are you using? It may be that you card is so old that xvesa only supports 640x480@16colours. You could also try crtl+alt+backspace when using xvesa. Normally this should dump you into command line, where you can run 'xvesa -listmodes' to see which modes your card supports.
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Posted: Jan. 21 2004,16:20 QUOTE
Forgot one thing: 16 colours is the same as 4 bit colour.
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