That's a tough one...

Try this: backup your XF86Config.
type

X -configure

Look where X says it put the config file. Take a look at it. Especially in the driver 
section: does this one use "r128", too or sth diff?



On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:19:01 -0500
"Chambers, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> done...did not work
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dexter Filmore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 4:40 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Newbie]ATI Rage 128 on Debian 2.4.16
> 
> 
> Eliminate this section:
> 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier  "Standard VGA"
> >     VendorName  "Unknown"
> >     BoardName   "Unknown"
> >     Driver     "vga"
> > EndSection
> 
> or comment it out by placing a # in front of every line, this way you can
> revert it back to normla case this doesn't do the trick (but it should), I
> had this, too and it turned out to be obsolete and confusing X.
> 
> 
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier  "ATI Rage 128"
> >     Driver      "r128"
> >     VideoRam    32768
> >     Option      "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> 
> maybe comment out the DPMS line, too. Try.
> 
> 
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier  "Screen1"
> >     Device      "ATI Rage 128"
> >     Monitor     "My Monitor"
> >     DefaultDepth 16
> >     Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth       16
> >         Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
> >         ViewPort    0 0
> >     EndSubsection
> > EndSection
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >     Identifier  "Simple Layout"
> >     Screen "Screen 1"
> >     InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> >     InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> > 
> 
> DefaultDepth is pretty strange for ATI... usually they work better at 24
> bits. Try copying the section
> 
>      Subsection "Display"
> >         Depth       16
> >         Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
> >         ViewPort    0 0
> >     EndSubsection
> 
> beneath the first Subsection , change Depth to 24 and set DefaultDepth to
> 24.
> 
> lemme know if it worked.
> 
> Dex
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