Thanks. I'm going to see if upgrading to XFree86-4.0.2 will do the trick. There's talk about the 6.0 kernel perhaps not supporting some 3D cards, although my SiS card is "suposed" to be supported. If the upgrade to X-4, and perhaps a kernel upgrade won't do it I'll try another distro.
At 05:22 PM 02/21/2002, you wrote: >I agree that you should get a newer distribution than 6.0. I am using red >Hat 7.2 and Xconfigurator will allow you to specify the exact horizontal >and vertical rates of your monitor not just pick from a list of choices. I >had to do this for one of my monitors as it was not recognized by 'probe' >either. You also get a newer version of XFree86, from 3.3.* to 4.1.0 which >supports more video cards and newer features of the 3D capable cards. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim [<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 10:17 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Newbie]Xwindows, monitor not supported? > >Thanks! > >The card is a SiS 6326 which is on the Xconfigurator list of supported cards. > >The monitor is a DiGiview HR-1510 that is not on the Xconfigurator list of >supported monitors. > >The specs for the monitor are Horizontal = 30Khz - 69Khz, Vertical = 47 and >104 Hz and is supposed to "offer compatibility with VGA, SVGA,8514/A AND >VESA. > >Jim > >At 12:40 PM 02/21/2002, you wrote: > >First of all: welcome! Wise decision ;) > > > >Try getting sth newer like RH 7.2 (or whatever is latest), or don't do RH > >at all and get debian. Or maybe Mandrake. Personally I like Slackware, but > >I'm not allowed to say this aloud :) > > > >What vid card exactly is it? > > > >Dex > > > > > >On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 10:10:29 -0600 > >Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm finally making the switch from Windows to Linux (red hat). I > installed > > > >from an older CD RedHat 6.0, Kernel v 2.2.5-15 which seems to have all > > gone > > > fine except the Xwindows configuration. I'm using a DigiView monitor > that > > > is not on the Xconfigurator list of supported monitors. My SiS video > card > > > is, and was chosen in the setup. The problem is that every single > monitor > > > option I choose under Custom (have tried all of them including generic > > > monitor and video card) comes back with the "There is a problem" screen > > and > > > X does not display correctly. It starts, but the display is way out to > > > lunch. I'm able to back out of the server with the Alt, Ctrl, Backspace > > > sequence, but can't switch between video modes with the Alt, Ctrl, + key > > > sequence. I have chosen all available sync rates but still no luck. Does > > > anyone have any suggestions? > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Newbie mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > ><http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/li > stinfo/newbie > >_______________________________________________ >Newbie mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: ><http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
