Yes, I have done that to test, doesn't make any difference.

I believe it has something to do with the automatic probing of screen
modes (which works on most systems, just not this one).  I really want
to disable that and test things.

Rob C.

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=> Any possibility of being able to copy the config files from 
=> the other system?
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=> -----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.
=> >
=> >
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