Re: Double-Vision when increasing bbp
Kent West wrote: Up til now I've been living with a DefaultColorDepth of 8 in my X Windows. (I figured I had plenty of other stuff to learn about Linux first.) Now when I try to change it to 15 or 16 or 32 and restart X I get double- or triple- or worse- vision. It's sort of like the vertical hold on a television is set improperly, only I not only get a mis-aligned image (upwards and downwards usually), I also get two images, one on top of the other, separated by about 3/4 of the height of the monitor. I've tried tinkering with xvidtune, but that doesn't help at all. I've tried resetting my X settings with XF86Config, but again, no good. It happens at 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I'm tried using the XF86_SVGA server and the XFCom_SVGA server that's part of vmware. My card is a 2MB (I believe) STB Nitro 64 (Cirrus GD5446-HC-A). I suspect it's something in the modeline, but I've tried to read some of the docs on modelines and came away fairly well confused. So, can anyone point me in the right direction, either with a solution or where to look for the solution, especially in English, not techno-speak. Thanks! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null It's gotten worse; I changed back to 8 bbp and I still have double-vision. I've tried creating a new XF86Config file from scratch using both xf86config and XF86Setup and using sane defaults and tried using various Cirrus options (such as linear and no_accell); it's really nasty. Oh, BTW, I found out it's a 1MB card instead of 2MB.
Re: Double-Vision when increasing bbp
On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Kent West wrote: Kent West wrote: Up til now I've been living with a DefaultColorDepth of 8 in my X Windows. (I figured I had plenty of other stuff to learn about Linux first.) Now when I try to change it to 15 or 16 or 32 and restart X I get double- or triple- or worse- vision. [...] I suspect it's something in the modeline, but I've tried to read some of the docs on modelines and came away fairly well confused. It's gotten worse; I changed back to 8 bbp and I still have double-vision. Hmmm. First things first. Make sure that all the cables are plugged in tightly. A marginal connection might cause what you're seeing. Can you hook up the monitor to a different computer? Messing with video modes can, theoretically, damage monitors - you should make sure you haven't damaged yours. This is unlikely, but possible. Do you have a known pristine copy of your original XF86Config file? If so, try reverting to that. I assume from what you've said that you don't, but just in case... Try using really low, crappy resolutions. I've seen things like that when a video mode isn't synching up with the monitor. The lower the resolution the more likely the monitor is to support it, all things being equal. I admit that the modeline docs are complicated. What happens when you use xvidtune? Can you use the screen at all? Does xvidtune allow you to move or scale the screen image? Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can write programs that control air traffic, intercept ballistic missiles, reconcile bank accounts, control production lines. So can I, and so can any man, but do they work when you do write them? - Fred Brooks, after Shakespeare, in The Mythical Man-Month
Re: Double-Vision when increasing bbp
At 01:15 PM 4/6/1999 -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, Kent West wrote: Kent West wrote: Up til now I've been living with a DefaultColorDepth of 8 in my X Windows. (I figured I had plenty of other stuff to learn about Linux first.) Now when I try to change it to 15 or 16 or 32 and restart X I get double- or triple- or worse- vision. [...] I suspect it's something in the modeline, but I've tried to read some of the docs on modelines and came away fairly well confused. It's gotten worse; I changed back to 8 bbp and I still have double-vision. Hmmm. First things first. Make sure that all the cables are plugged in tightly. A marginal connection might cause what you're seeing. Can you hook up the monitor to a different computer? Messing with video modes can, theoretically, damage monitors - you should make sure you haven't damaged yours. This is unlikely, but possible. Do you have a known pristine copy of your original XF86Config file? If so, try reverting to that. I assume from what you've said that you don't, but just in case... Try using really low, crappy resolutions. I've seen things like that when a video mode isn't synching up with the monitor. The lower the resolution the more likely the monitor is to support it, all things being equal. I admit that the modeline docs are complicated. What happens when you use xvidtune? Can you use the screen at all? Does xvidtune allow you to move or scale the screen image? Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'preciate the response, Ray. I tried various resolutions. I also tried restoring an old copy of XF86Config and it too failed. Things are weird. I rebooted the PC; no good. xvidtune allows me to make some adjustments, but not to adjust the problem out. This morning, to test to make sure it wasn't the monitor or card, I rebooted and dual-booted into WinNT. Everything worked fine. So I rebooted back into Linux, and when X started everything was fine again. Weird stuff. If I try to bump up to 15 or 16 bpp, I get the weird stuff, but when I dropped back to 8 it straightened out again. The only thing I can figure is that the 15 or 16 bpp setting threw the card into some weird 8th and one-third dimension or something, and it didn't straighten out until WinNT reset the card somehow. At any rate, I'm back to a usable state at 8 bpp. Hopefully I can successfully bump it up to 15 or 16 later, but for today, I'll leave it alone.
Double-Vision when increasing bbp
Up til now I've been living with a DefaultColorDepth of 8 in my X Windows. (I figured I had plenty of other stuff to learn about Linux first.) Now when I try to change it to 15 or 16 or 32 and restart X I get double- or triple- or worse- vision. It's sort of like the vertical hold on a television is set improperly, only I not only get a mis-aligned image (upwards and downwards usually), I also get two images, one on top of the other, separated by about 3/4 of the height of the monitor. I've tried tinkering with xvidtune, but that doesn't help at all. I've tried resetting my X settings with XF86Config, but again, no good. It happens at 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768. I'm tried using the XF86_SVGA server and the XFCom_SVGA server that's part of vmware. My card is a 2MB (I believe) STB Nitro 64 (Cirrus GD5446-HC-A). I suspect it's something in the modeline, but I've tried to read some of the docs on modelines and came away fairly well confused. So, can anyone point me in the right direction, either with a solution or where to look for the solution, especially in English, not techno-speak. Thanks!
