Paul Stansel wrote:
>
> > No....just get back to your console (control-alt-backspace will kill
> > X if nothing else!) and re-run your video setup.
> > "/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86Setup" or "/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config" are the two
> > most popular config programs for X. Be sure NOT to select the setting
> > to allow the display to be larger than your actual screen size. Also
> > make sure you have properly identified your video card and monitor.
> > If necessary, run xf86config and say you want to specify your monitor
> > settings and select a slightly more conservative setting than your
> > monitor will actually perform. i.e. instead of stating that your
> > monitor will do 1280x1024 in 32-bit color at 70 hz with a horizontal
> > synch of 60-90 hz, say it'll do 1024x768 in 24-bit at 60 hz, etc.
> > Good luck!
> > John
>
> Hrmmm... still no luck. I'm trying to use a Riva TNT2 Ultra card, but
> obviously in 6.0 there's no support for it. So I've tried a variety of
> options, from just the plain TNT to Unsupported Cards. I'm also using
> a Gateway Cystalscan 17" monitor. When I run startx, the screen is
> still way too big. If I Ctrl-alt-bspace back out, it shows that it is
> putting it in 320x204??? Crazy. I've tried everything from 16 color
> VGA all the way up, and still can't seem to find the right combination.
> Anyone have any bright ideas?
Grab the XFree86-3.3.5 rpms from the Cooker directory of your favorite
Mandrake mirror. I'm also using a TNT2 Ultra card and can confirm that
the updated XFree86 works extremely well.
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Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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