On 3/8/06, Ghaith Hachem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i know ati drivers suck but i booted the live cd on my x300se card so > i guess it's not really the problem.. maybe the screen don't support > the resolution set by default (1024 x 768 was the resolution the live > cd set by default on my pc and it worked great) >
The livecd uses the VESA drivers, that should support most if not all cards, its a generic driver, so, what you are getting is probably a VSync problem, Xorg tries to probe the monitor for supported resolutions and H/VSyncs, what happened must be that it is using a Vsync not supported by your monitor. Use CTRL+ALT+F1, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, try setting the VSync to lower values (60 for instance), also try setting a lower resolution (800x600 should work). Man xorg.conf for details. X -configure can "try" to create a xorg.conf probing your devices (it usually misses my mouse). Check the X System How To at www.gentoo.org to see how configure xorg. Keep in mind that you can use the command-line installer instead, or follow the instructions and do it by hand (I consider the later a great learning experience that can save your ass sometimes). > On 3/8/06, Holly Bostick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A.R.S. KA9QLQ Alvin Koffman schreef: > > > Well I'm stumped. Every time I boot the live cd it gets to where > > > Gnome should start then the monitor goes off. Does any one know what > > > video drivers the live cd uses? Alvin > > > > > > For the best jerky you've ever had go to http://alk.jerkydirect.com/ > > > My home page http://ka9qlq.tripod.com This PC is windows free with > > > Mepis Linux 3.4-3 http://www.mepis.org/ 1(747)632-4973 SIP Get Gizmo > > > 1 cent per minuet calling http://www.gizmoproject.com/ > > > > What video card do you have and what drivers? > > > > I've had similar problems (not with this graphical live CD, since I > > installed Gentoo before it existed, but with X applications and X > > itself), because I have an ATI card. ATI cards do do that (just shut > > down the monitor) if 1) using the wrong drivers ("radeon" when card > > model is one above the 9(2/5?)50 (sorry, can't remember which model is > > the stopper for the Open Source drivers), and/or 2) DGA is enabled for > > the fglrx drivers (this will do exactly what you described; it has many > > times for me, and it is just one of the many PITAs with the fglrx drivers). > > > > The thing is-- in theory, I have no evidence to support this-- that > > GNOME (I am a GNOME user as opposed to a KDE user, though I don't use > > either of those DE's regularly or "first" during a new install due to > > their size) appears to require 3D support be working in order to load > > properly. Or at least, the hardware acceleration must be working if > > you're using drivers that supposedly support said acceleration. As I > > said, I have no evidence for this /per se/; it's just my theory based on > > experience. If you're using the 'vesa' drivers (which don't support 3D), > > I betcha GNOME will load fine (at least it always does for me), but as > > soon as you load drivers in your X config that are supposed to support > > hardware acceleration/OpenGL/3D, GNOME will break if that support is > > broken (even though, afaik, no basic operation of GNOME actually uses > > 3D-- that's why this is a "theory" and seemingly rather a crackpot one, > > but it's the only theory that fits my experience). > > > > So I would suggest first changing your xorg.conf to load the vesa > > drivers, which should load (that's what they're for, default drivers > > that should always be able to load and display), then editing your > > xorg.conf to resolve the "obvious" problem that it must have. Some > > option or driver causes your video card to stop sending a signal. I know > > that >=9600 ATI cards do this when DGA is enabled on the fglrx drivers, > > and also that >=9(2/5?)50 cards do strange things when using the > > "radeon" drivers which don't support these models for hardware > > acceleration, as opposed to the "fglrx" drivers which do-- but the > > LiveCDs will tend to (in my experience) recognize my 9800SE as an ATI > > card and load the "radeon" drivers incorrectly because the "fglrx" > > drivers that the card needs are not open source... and the "radeon" > > drivers don't actually work properly for my card. But you may have a > > different brand of card, or it could be a different option causing this. > > > > You might want to copy /var/log/Xorg.0.log to a backup location before > > you try to start X with the vesa drivers (since the vesa drivers should > > load correctly, it will overwrite the log with the errors and you need > > to know what they are, so backup the log with the errors first, is that > > I'm suggesting). > > > > But the first thing we'd have to know is what is the video card, and > > what are the loaded drivers; then we can work on things like what video > > options you set in the kernel, and what you've got for modelines and the > > like in xorg.conf (though I doubt that the issue is modelines, since > > that just knocks you out fo X completely with a "no screens found" > > error, not kills your signal between video card and monitor while > > leaving X actually running). > > > > Anyway, hope this helps. > > Holly > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Ghaith > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? 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