Mike your right, it aint a hardware thing and your not alone! There is something
FUBAR in the the way LM 7.2 default configures the Xfree86 config. I have a
server with a ATI expert2000 (Rage 128) chipset that has the exact same problem. I
am stuck at 800x600. If I try to change it, the systems locks requiring a hard
restart (makes me cringe each time).
Anyway, this isn't a new problem. The problem was there in LM 7.1, but there was a
work around in the xdrakconf that would allow you to successfully change
resolutions. (my 7.1 install was on a system with a Number 9 Imagine 128-2 video
card (God rest Number9's soul - great cards)
I don't have much else to add. My LM 7.2 box is a server and I can get by at
800x600 (kinda pisses me off), but I haven't had the time to sit down and really
dig into the problem. All I can do is agree with you that "it ain't a hardware
thing" and ask you to cc: me if you get an answer on this problem.
David Rankin
Nacogdoches, Texas
Mike MacCana wrote:
> It ain't a hardware thing, and the 3dfx already has a heatsink.
> Various 16 bit resolutions and configured and I have Q3 UT SOF
> etc. all working fine in runlevel 3.
>
> Thnaks anyway,
>
> Mike
>
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote:
>
> > On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote:
> > > I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp change
> > > to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution and them
> > > promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to kill it.
> > >
> > > In runlevel 3, all is love (ie, its AOK)
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > Well other than that the motherboard, it's chipsets, and the monitor,
> > etc. down to the power supply and the oulet it's plugged into (hopefully
> > on an UPS), and how well it's all configured from the bios on up, all have
> > somethin to do with what you see on the screen, no ;>>
> >
> > I've got a 3 yr. old V3-2k pci on an BX motherboard oc'd 135%,
> > with X at 1024x768x16 and a very el cheapo ($150) 17" MagView. I just
> > tried C-A- +/- and it switched resolutions just fine. KDE2.1, XF-4.0.2,
> > LM7.2, 2.4.2
> >
> > The only thing I can think of that might help is the first thing to do
> > with a Voodoo3 is to take one sheet metal screw and use it to attach a $2
> > cpu fan to it's heatsink. Other than that, I doubt the Vcard is the
> > culprit. Prob'ly the next most important factor is to not try'an run any
> > 3dfx card with X at any resolution more than 16bpp.
> > --
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> > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
> >
> >
