Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-14 Thread Craig Ringer
Could be. You're sure it's not just the X server picking a refresh rate higher than what the monitor can deal with? Maybe the default vsync rate it uses at 1152x864 is enough lower that it falls within the monitor's limits where it picks a higher rate for 1024x768? Did you try reducing your HSync

Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-14 Thread Dylan Evans
Dylan Evans wrote: Sounds similiar to a problem i had with my monitor, i'm still not sure why it does it but if i start X in 1024x768 it goes to sleep (only with the savage driver mind, vesa worked). The only way i managed to get around it was to start up in 1152x864. It's a wierd problem,

Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-14 Thread Dylan Evans
Typo :-) chmod u+r XFree86.0.log Sounds similiar to a problem i had with my monitor, i'm still not sure why it does it but if i start X in 1024x768 it goes to sleep (only with the savage driver mind, vesa worked). The only way i managed to get around it was to start up in 1152x864. It's a

Re: [XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-11 Thread Dylan Evans
Sounds similiar to a problem i had with my monitor, i'm still not sure why it does it but if i start X in 1024x768 it goes to sleep (only with the savage driver mind, vesa worked). The only way i managed to get around it was to start up in 1152x864. It's a wierd problem, but i think it's more to

[XFree86] Video problems

2003-08-05 Thread Chris Hobbick
Hello, I am currently trying to install RedHat 9 and been having problems. Basically, anytime I try to start anything graphical, my monitor goes into sleep mode. I am able to log in the text mode, but when i try to run redhat-config-xfree86, it does the same thing. My video card is a

Re: [XFree86] Video Problems

2003-06-26 Thread Andy Goth
On Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:49 pm, Bartolo, Timothy J. wrote: I have a IBM Net vista Model 8307-25U in the standard configuration except that I have the Ram expand to 1GB. I have loaded Linux version 7.3 using a government application called JCATS. I am trying to get the Video on the

Re: [XFree86] video problems

2003-02-04 Thread Yury Tarasievich
Craig Blocker wrote: I am trying to load Red Hat Linux 7.1.1 on a new Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop. If I start in text mode, everything seems fine (except that only the central 20% of my screen is used for the text). *That* is normal. :) When I do a startx command, I get a Fatal server

[XFree86] video problems

2003-01-31 Thread Craig Blocker
Hi, I am trying to load Red Hat Linux 7.1.1 on a new Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop. If I start in text mode, everything seems fine (except that only the central 20% of my screen is used for the text). When I do a startx command, I get a Fatal server error: no screens found. The laptop

[XFree86] video problems

2003-01-31 Thread Craig Blocker
Hi, I meant to include the configuratin file and log file last time, but forgot, so here they are. I am trying to load Red Hat Linux 7.1.1 on a new Dell Inspiron 4150 laptop. If I start in text mode, everything seems fine (except that only the central 20% of my screen is used for the