Simon:
I gave up and ordered Accelerated-X. After uploading their patch for the Inspiron
everything worked perfectly.
Simon Cousins wrote:
> I am new to this mailing list so I apologise in advance if this
> question has already been asked to death but I am desparate to get
> Linux up and running ...
>
> I have an Inspiron 7000 (15" display, 8MB ATi Rage Pro LT) and have
> followed the instructions on Steve Hsieh's page for configuring
> XFree86:
>
> http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/#xserver
>
> When I execute 'startx' the screen flickers and rolls (like when the
> vsync is out on a television). The XF86Config contains the following
> 'Monitor' section:
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "My Monitor"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> ModelName "Unknown"
> HorizSync 31.5-65
> VertRefresh 50-85
> # 1024x768 @ 70.8Hz
> Modeline "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1052 1212 1284 768 772 780 825 \
> -hsync -vsync
> EndSection
>
> Here come the questions:
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Has anyone succeeded with different values?
>
> What is the best way to tweak the values to zero in on the correct ones?
>
> What is the difference between the libc5 and libc6 XF86_Mach64
> binaries on Steve's page? Which one should I use?
>
> Should I give up and buy Accelerated-X?
>
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Thanks,
Carl
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