On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Ralph Clark wrote:
I don't see what could be wrong with my XF86Config file. Here's the short version:
Section "Monitor" HorizSync 31.5, 35.5 VertRefresh 50-90 Modeline "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1044 1204 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace EndSection
...which has adjusted timings courtesy of xvidtune (kvidtune dies with an immediate segmentation fault on my system)
Section "Device" Identifier "ATI Xpert@Play PCI and AGP, 3D Rage Pro" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" EndSection
and (omitting the modes I don't use)
Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "ATI Xpert@Play PCI and AGP, 3D Rage Pro" Monitor "Sampo 8514 compatible" Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection EndSection
Am I missing some chipset settings or something? The documentation says to leave that stuff out, its all autodetected.
Yes, mine's all autodetected too. Here are the relevant sections of my XF86Config: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Primary Monitor" VendorName "ADI" ModelName "ProVista E40" HorizSync 31-69 VertRefresh 50-100 # Modeline "1280x1024" 110.00 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054 Modeline "1024x768" 85.00 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 Modeline "800x600" 69.65 800 864 928 1088 600 604 610 640 -hsync -vsync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Primary Card" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "3D Pro Turbo [XPERT@work] AGP" EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "Accel" Device "Primary Card" Monitor "Primary Monitor" DefaultColorDepth 16 # [snip non-default Display subsections] SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" # "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection # [snip non-default Screen sections]
My hunch is that the screensaver cursor rectangle thing is related to some hardware issue pertaining to the VIA MVP3 chipset, maybe something to do with AGP.
Possibly. I'd hesitate to say that it's the ATI card itself, unless it's faulty, since I've had such good results with it both under Linux and Windoze. I notice that your Monitor and Device sections differ substantially from mine, e.g. no Primary Card and Primary Monitor identifiers. In particular, your monitor is specified in the Screen section, but there's nothing in the Monitor section to tie that to the same identifier. I don't know if that would make a difference, but it looks to me reading through my file that the Primary Monitor reference in the Screen section should cause the X Server to look for the Primary Monitor identifier in the Monitor section and read the configuration from there. If there's nothing to tie the two sections together then I guess your monitor settings could be being ignored. Have you looked through ~/.X.err for any obvious problem reports? Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil@stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>