Guy Santiglia wrote:
> 
> When I startx I get the following message:
> 
> 
> /usr/libexec/ld.so: warning: libc.so.12.20: minor version >= 25 expected, using it anyway
> /dev/grf0: Couldn't get video mode information via ROM driver.
>         This is not a fatal error.
>         I gather there is no ROM driver support for this screen...
>         I will treat this screen as StaticGray or TrueColor.
> Screen 0 at 0x423a000, 640 by 480, 8 bpp, rowB 1024, fbbase 0.
> rootVisual = 34 ((null))
> rootDepth = 8
> visuals->class = 0 (StaticGray)
> visuals->bitsPerRGBValue = 8
> visuals->ColormapEntries = 256
> visuals->nplanes = 8
> visuals->redMask = 0x0
> visuals->greenMask = 0x0
> visuals->blueMask = 0x0
> visuals->offsetRed = 0x0
> visuals->offsetGreen = 0x0
> visuals->offsetBlue = 0x0
> fredfl2: /home/fredfl2 # 
> 
> x does start after this message is displayed.

if that's the case, you can ignore the above messages.  they're mainly
diagnostic.
 
> I read the FAQ for a similar error message and they said the shared 
> libraries need to be updated.  I'm not exactly sure how to that.
> 
> Could some one get me pointed in the right direction.

you would have to upgrade to -current to get it working, and i doubt that
it's really quite worth it if you have a working setup under 1.3.x.

later.

colin