On Fre, 2002-12-06 at 20:02, Simon Vallet wrote: > > I saw recently on this list that it was possible to get hardware acceleration > by using the 'ati' driver, but unfortunatly I can't get it right ... > When I start X, my screen gets black as if it was sleeping after a few > seconds ; > switching to the console and 'ps'ing shows that the server is running, and > WMaker also :
So apparently the monitor doesn't like the mode the X server uses. > (**) ATI(0): Using CRT interface and disabling digital flat panel. Is this correct? What machine and monitor is it? > (**) ATI(0): Mode "1024x768": 74.9 MHz, 56.4 kHz, 70.0 Hz One advice would have been to make sure the same mode as in console is used, but that already seems to be the case... -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
