The motherboard was Intel 845, Brookdale chip set.

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I installed Debian Stable, from scratch (ultimately I did this about 3 times).

Then I went to XFree86 website and got the latest XFree86 Version 4.3, built it on my computer (instructions are included in the README file), and the install script even installs it over your old XFree86 version.

The only problem I had was that I had to use the "older" libc (glibc) library. I tried it with the latest libraries, didn't work, so I did it again with older library. That worked.

With one caveat. It boots and starts up fine, looks great! However, if I terminate the X-Server, for some reason, I can't just startx and get it going again (like I can with a stable XFree86 on my older Compaq). I have to restart the machine for some reason. Some people here have suggested an alternate distribution site, other than XFree86 for source code, but I've been too busy at work to pursue it right now.

Our project is due August 26th, so I'm gonna be kind of scarce, until we get the prototype done.

Glen Austin