Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> Pedro Rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> > > This usually happens on laptops with unsupported resolutions/frequencies.
> > > Are you sure the settings (e.g. wanted resolution) of the two kernels were
> > > the same?
> > Just in case. First it seems that some "generic"
> > resolutions/frequencies, seen on default X config files, are badly
> > understood on some laptops. Screen gets seriously trashed in an ASCII
> > rainbow.
>
> Not real surprise..
>
> > Besides I found an interesting feature on one notebook & recent
> > XFree-4.0.1 builds (4.0 didn't seem to have it). On an ATI Rage 3D I had
> > to COMMENT every reference to frequencies on the config file. It seems
> > that that chip "understood" internally the presence of a LCD monitor.
> > And X driver supported it. What lead me to this was the fact that X was
> > giving some phrase of this kind: "found settings on config. Overriding
> > chip internal (...) LCD monitor settings". I can't check that string
> > now, but, by commenting the freqencies, I managed to run X in all
> > supported resolutions/colors.
>
> Ok, so this is for XF3, supposedly? XFree-4 config files should not have
> frequencies specifications (e.g. modelines).
No. XF4. HorizSync & VertRefresh should be commented. On XF3 one should
choose some quite low frequencies (LCDs, in fact, do not need them).
>
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> Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
> http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
