Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Dave Moore
No, I mean, I don't have another distro installed that I could compare the two xorg.conf files. you mean you deleted it, or your system auto-detects it? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 15:44 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 00:00 -0600, Dave Moore wrote: I have this problem too, precisely as thufir described it. I, however, have no other xorg.conf for comparison. you mean you deleted it, or your system auto-detects it? if 1. then

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:54 -0500, JimD wrote: On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 08:15:37 -0600 Michael Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife has the same problem with her computer running Gentoo, but I generated the xorg.conf file from X -configure when I first installed Gentoo on it for her,

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Jeff
You could try, as root: lspci and/or lspci -v Here's mine for example: # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Ryan Tandy
Michael Sullivan wrote: I'm not sure. Is there a way of finding out the video card without opening the case and looking? We have no idea where the manual went.. emerge pciutils lspci -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 13:17 -0500, Jeff wrote: You could try, as root: lspci and/or lspci -v Here's mine for example: # lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express PCI

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Jeff
As root: X -configure This will attempt to detect your X hardware - mouse, keyboard, video, monitor - and create a new temporary file called xorg.conf.new. You'll then be able to edit and use this file to test X. You'll need to modify xorg.conf.new to take advantage of your particular hardware

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread THUFIR HAWAT
On 3/24/06, Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As root: X -configure This will attempt to detect your X hardware - mouse, keyboard, video, monitor - and create a new temporary file called xorg.conf.new. You'll then be able to edit and use this file to test X. You'll need to modify xorg.conf.new

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread John Jolet
Thanks :) Warning: Do not just change the values of these two monitor related variables without consulting the technical specifications of your monitor. Setting incorrect values lead to out-of-sync errors at best and smoked up screens at worst. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml I

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 14:15 -0500, Jeff wrote: As root: X -configure This will attempt to detect your X hardware - mouse, keyboard, video, monitor - and create a new temporary file called xorg.conf.new. You'll then be able to edit and use this file to test X. You'll need to modify

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-24 Thread Rumen Yotov
...SKIP... Michael Sullivan wrote: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Elitegroup Computer Systems Unknown device 1b13 Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 10

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 02:33 +, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: I recently switched from fedora to gentoo, it's a dual boot system. Never in Fedora, not in windows, but in gentoo, I get screen flickers/static. strange. Try comparing you xorg.conf files from fedora and gentoo - it may be the video

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-23 Thread Dave Moore
I have this problem too, precisely as thufir described it. I, however, have no other xorg.conf for comparison. -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(+) s+: a24 C++ UBL++ P L++ E--- W+++$ N+ o? K? w O? M-- V? !PS !PE Y PGP- t++ 5++ X+ R+++ tv+ b++ DI D++ G e+ h-- r++ y+

Re: [gentoo-user] screen flickers/static

2006-03-23 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 00:00 -0600, Dave Moore wrote: I have this problem too, precisely as thufir described it. I, however, have no other xorg.conf for comparison. you mean you deleted it, or your system auto-detects it? if 1. then too bad :( you could try playing around with drivers (eg try