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Yes. Frustrating, but not insurmountable..
Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote:
Looks like Rik is not the only one with this sort of problem. Here is a
quote from the latest Gentoo Weekly Newsletter.......
[snip]
a nucleus of Gentoo
activists, all well-fed with an intriguing local delicacy known as an F2
sandwich."
"an F2 sandwich"? (Google = returned nix) = "CLI used extensively"? :-)
The word "custard" comes readily to mind for last Wednesday's effort -
as close as I ever want to get to it, & thanks guys for not hurling that
term at me.
Regards,
Robert
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From: C. Falconer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 6 December 2004 1:46 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Laptop + projector (Was: meeting : Weds, December 1st)
Politely - I think its an X problem.
Agreed. So now I'm on the recalcitrant hardware, I've run some useful
tests.
There is a helpful range of installs in place.
Results, from the least useful 'upwards' (down / descending order):
WinXP - fine.
Gentoo 2004.?? - borked into a reboot loop.
SuSE 9.1 KDE 3.2 - same VGA480 mode fault.
SuSE 9.0 KDE 3.1.4 - had been mucking about previously, & gotten
projection right through a combination of SaX2, "Compaq Presario" screen
selection, & setting it to 1280x1024 max. This makes the desktop
stretched & needing scroll movement with touchpad to get about all of
it, but projection is good: "Signal - SXGA" = out of projector's range,
so it defaults to throw up 1024x768. Cutting down the SaX2 max setting
to 1024x768 shrinks projection to (VGA480?) fault tho. Xfree86 4.3.01
Fedora Core 2 - *best result*: Gnome, Generic LCD Panel 1024x768
detected. Laptop LCD & projection correct.
[Ubuntu 2004.10 - VGA480 output mode fault to be corrected]...
So, next step is to take David & Craig's pointer, & post the Fedora &
Ubuntu X-config files. The latter has some small tweaks written in from
Weds night - thanks Caleb Sawtell & Steve Holdaway (+ new guy whose name
I don't remember for the suggestions) - attached below.
My Dell has an ATI video card, which simply does not put out a signal under
linux. I've been meaning to look into the causes - but its been easier to
boot XP for those few times I needed a working VGA port.
ATI driver seems adequate for (some) VGA-output in all cases.
Cheers,
-Rik
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "xtt"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M (U2)"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Projector"
HorizSync 28-49
VertRefresh 43-72
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# added section above 011204
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 28-49
VertRefresh 43-72
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon IGP 330M/340M/350M (U2)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
# added second value above 011204
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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