Laptops :: dsl on Compaq LTE Elite 4/40CX

I have installed DSL from the live CD using Apps>Tools>Install to HD with a minimal type install on an old Compaq laptop with a 1 MB Western Digital Paradise video card. Everything works great including the PCMCIA slot with an Orinoco wifi card, BUT:
I'm having dificulty getting X to run using the xserver-svga video drivers. This video card is supposed to use the WD90C24A driver found in xserver-svga and support 640x480 8-bit video.
I've apt-get installed xserver-svga and the -common-v3 files, generated a new XF86Config file and when starting X, I always get the following:
"Using X resolution from previously selected or default settings. If you want to change the resolution run 'xsetup.sh'."
Running xsetup.sh only allows me to choose the xvesa server or the xfbdev server. X can load with the xvesa server, but I only get 4-bit color and can't run Dillo (this is a must have program). The Xfbdev server won't load at all. Any help would be appreciated. I'm guessing that I need to edit a config file that is peculular to DSL which controls which xserver is used?
Thanks in advance.
MarkM

You need to manually edit your /home/dsl/.xserverrc file and tell it to start up your xserver-svga instead of the DSL default xservers.

Thanks cbagger for the speedy response. I'll give it a try today and post the results.
MarkM

I edited my /home/dsl/.xserverrc file. But still get the tired old message:
"Using X resolution from previously selected or default settings. If you want to change the resolution run 'xsetup.sh'."
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X starts, but still has 4-bit color.
I'm going to do a fresh install of dsl and try it again. I'm afraid that I may have messed with too many config files and hindered the effort. I'll be on the road next week, but will post the results around 26 Feb.

I managed to give it another try tonight. I did a fresh install of dsl on the Compaq laptop. I apt-get installed xserver-svga and -common-v3. I also edited the /home/dsl/.xerverrc file and replaced Xvesa with XF86_SVGA and changed the resolution to 640x480x8. I'm using an XF86Config file from someone I know with the same computer who has 8 bit color and is running Debian/Woody. When starting X I still get the same message about "Using default X resolution...." it loads X with 640x480 resolution with 16 colors. I am pretty sure that it is not loading the svga server and runing xvesa with default settings. Maybe I could roll back xfree86 (version 4) to xfree86 version 3 (I don't know how to do that). And then it would have no choice but to use the xserver-svga drivers. Just a thought, I'm kind of new to linux. Let me know what you think. Thanks

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