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.

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