diff -up xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.0/src/fbdev.c.foo xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.0/src/fbdev.c
--- xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.0/src/fbdev.c.foo	2008-10-30 11:16:44.000000000 -0400
+++ xf86-video-fbdev-0.4.0/src/fbdev.c	2008-10-30 11:18:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -472,6 +472,7 @@ FBDevPreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flag
 		return FALSE;
 
 	pScrn->monitor = pScrn->confScreen->monitor;
+	pScrn->canDoBGNoneRoot = 1;
 
 	FBDevGetRec(pScrn);
 	fPtr = FBDEVPTR(pScrn);