On Sat, 2002-09-21 at 16:26, rcc wrote: > On Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:52:03 -0400 (EDT) > Stew Benedict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If X is actually running for you guys it sounds more like it's just > > running at a vertical or horizontal frequency beyond what your > > monitor/lcd can handle. Have you tried tweaking those freqeuncy > > ranges? > > maybe, but why does the old driver work when the new one doesn't? The > settings in XFConfigs stay the same. Both the CRT and the LCD are DDC > and should report correctly to the driver. I think ati broke for my > cards when ati.2 was implemented - though this may be unrelated. > > Alright, I might go for some testing tonight.
I just installed RC3 on my laptop (sony vaio FX705, which has a ATI Rage Mobility M/P) and I'm having similar problems. Things are OK in XFree 3.3.6, but I get weird effects in XFree 4.2.1 X does start, but I get vertical bars on the screen in a different color (where the whole screen should be solid blue). I've tried with both the ati driver from the mandrake install, and with the ati.2 driver, same story. One thing I did notice is that though the log shows X seeing that the laptop screen has DCC, it follows in the log that there is an error reading the dcc info. (I can't give the log, it's already been overwritten with the XFree 3.3.6 one) So it might be a good idea to tweak the frequency range. Erm... So does anyone have any ideas on what to set them to? Are LCDs always at 60 Hz vertical? Wouter
