On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Evan Horne wrote: > Setting up ATI Rage LT Pro card under XFree86 > I just recently got a brand new monitor (nice 19 in. too). Now I should > be able to finally get a decent resolution (i.e. 1600 x 1200). However, > I haven't been able to.
> I installed FreeBSD the other day to try it out. The XFree86 setup had > my card, an old ATI Rage LT Pro, which allowed me to go up to 1600 x > 1200 res. I uninstalled FreeBSD today to go back to Linux. > Before I never had to bother reconfiguring my video card, as my monitor > sucked so bad I wouldn't be able to tell a difference. I first ran > 'xf86config' but only one ATI card showed up. So I decided to update. I > managed to update Xfreee86 all by myself the first try. I reran > xf86config and to my dismay the ATI Rage LT Pro wasn't listen. I tried > using some other drivers in some vein attempt to be able to run at 1600 > x 1200 res, but to no avail. Run `XFree86 -configure` as root. This should generate an XF86Config.new in root's home, which is a good starting point for the XF86Config you wish to end up with. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
