On 16-Aug-99 Rick Fry wrote:
> It's not the card. It's the monitor. The card is a Diamond A50. The monitor
> is a Pixie 770 which is a 17" monitor that both of my Windows run at
> 1280x1024 with 24 bit color. According to the monitor specs, it uses scan
> frequencies between 30-86Hz Horizontal and 47-150Hz on the vertical side. It
> does 640x480@85hz, 800x600@75hz, 1024x768@85hz and 1280x1024@65hz. You can
> stretch to get 1600x1200@65hz. I told Xconfig that it was a monitor that
> would do 1280x1024@65hz and it said, "No it won't" and went back to the
> "There's a problem" screen. I was told that neither RedHat or Mandrake
> adequately support the Diamond card for some silly reason.
That 'silly reason' is that like most manufacturers Diamond does not bother
making Linux drivers for its products. You're throwing your blame in the wrong
direction.
-Tom
