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. 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. BTW, SaX didn't work properly with my monitor; it doesn't let you specify interlaced modes. Regards, Ralph Philip Stokes wrote:
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Ralph Clark wrote:
I've got an ATI Xpert@play on SuSE 5.3 (XFree 3.3.2.3), I'm using the XF86_Mach64 server, and KDE as my desktop. The ATI doesn't look too great to me. I get frequent screen glitches (scrambled windows) and most annoying of all when the screensaver kicks in there is a huge white vertical rectangle stuck on top of it with the top of the rectangle positioned just where the mouse pointer is hiding. It isn't affected by my having sw_cursor enabled or disabled in XF86Config.
I am running a 1024x768 interlaced display (8514/A compatible monitor)
BTW the graphics card lives on an AOpen AX59pro motherboard (Super Socket 7, AGP)
Why am I having these problems and there's no mention of similar problems on any newsgroups or mailing lists I've looked at?
I don't know, but I've never seen anything like you describe here. Did you set up your X server with SaX? When I upgraded to 5.3 I tried SaX and it set me up with a screen that had a slight distortion along the top edge. I replaced my XF86Config with the file that I'd been using under 5.2 (created with XF86Setup) and everything was fine again.
If you'd like a copy of my XF86Config, drop me a line.
Phil -- Philip Stokes Email: phil@stokes.demon.co.uk Fax: +44 (0)870 164 1242
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