boot problem -- framebuffer numbers, is it me?

"Doug McCasland" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi, I'm checking out LNX-BBC...  I booted the CD and it asked for a number
1-5 for the FB resolution.  At the boot: line, I typed

boot:  2

It said that I "passed an invalid number" (or something like that).  Then it
offered me a choice of text screen dimensions, like 80x24.  I could boot
using one of these text modes, but startx then failed.  I rerebooted a few
times, trying different 1,2,3,4,5 numbers, always got the same error.

Am I doing this right?  I have a 1-year-old Compaq, usually running Windows
XP.  Don't know the video chipset.

Thanks.



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Doug McCasland   Healdsburg, California   <[email protected]>

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