Dear listmembers,
just to keep you informed - horray, ATI did something against the crashing of
their X-Servers during installation in case that more than 22 modelines.
8.22.5 can be set up (still using good old SuSE 9.3) using the recommended
commandline from README.suse (nearly).
The only remaining issue stems from the fact that the modelines that get
written into the xorg.conf file do not neccessarily comply with what your
monitor can do. I experienced monitor overload (lucky me, the monitor turned
itself off as the signal became out of range).
Therefore, still the same recommendation:
--> install using:
sax2 -x -m 0=fglrx -b /usr/share/doc/packages/fglrx/sax2-profile
(note -x rather than -r)
--> do not test after installation as the driver might push your monitor out
of acceptable clock rates (I am not sure whether all monitors are so kind to
just stop displaying rather than overdriving their output stages)
--> delete *all* modelines in /etc/X11/xorg.conf after installation.
This is how Section "Modes" should look like at the very end:
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
EndSection
If there is something wrong with my recommendation - please let me know. I do
not know whether ATI gently ignores what is being written in the Monitor data
base of SuSE or whatsoever - maybe it is a problem of my Elsa ECOMO monitor
only, but please be aware that there is some kind of risk IMHO.
To whom it might concern,
take care
Dieter Jurzitza
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