Any possibility of being able to copy the config files from the other system?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Robert W. Current <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, March 07, 2002 3:10 PM Subject: [Newbie]How do I disable probing of screen modes? >Hi, > > I seem to have a huge problem getting X to run on my Dell >Inspiron 4100 XGA (1024x768) GeForce2Go 64M system. And, it's all about >screen modes (I think, because I do know how to get it running, I have a >Dell Inspiron 8100 SXGA+ GeForce2Go 64M system that I got working fine). > > The problem seems to be that XFree86 seems to think that the >screen can run in some modes that it clearly can't! Specifically, from >the XFree86.0.log I see: >(**) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes for Display Device 0: >(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 122.0 MHz, 64.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz >(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz, 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz >(**) NVIDIA(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz, 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz > > All of the above will not work with this display, and when I >startx I get all kinds of pixelized blur on the screen. From what I can >see, the pointer goes off the screen to the right and the bottom where >it can't be seen. > > I've specified the correct ModeLine's in my XF86Config-4, but it >always adds the above lines automatically by probing when I startx. I >want to permanently disable them, because they just aren't right, and I >suspect (but I'm not sure) that this is the reason I can't get X running >in a clear usable form. > > So, how do I keep X from probing for screen modes? > >Rob C. > > >-- >Robert W. Current, PhD Analytical Chemistry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Technical Services Manager Phone: (609)912-1551 >H-E-L Lawrenceville, NJ, USA and Barnet, Hertfordshire, England >http://www.hel-inc.com http://www.helgroup.co.uk >Chemical and Pharmaceutical Calorimetry and Automation Equipment > > > >_______________________________________________ >Newbie mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: >http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
