On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 10:10:54AM +0000, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Stuart Lamble wrote: > > Video Card: > > > > MGA G550 AGP (rev 1) > > Is this a dual head card ?
Yes, although I'm not using it as such. Yet. > Are you using a digital or VGA output ? VGA. > I assume you aren't using either the DVI-VGA or the VGA-TV adaptor ? Nope. I'm using a single 19" CRT hooked up to the VGA output; the DVI connector is completely disused -- not even the adapter is connected. [...] > With the problem X server running, can you run > xdpyinfo -ext XFree86-VidModeExtension -display :0 Done. > (or whatever display you need). You may need to switch back to the text > console to do this. > Check that the "Current Video Mode Setting:" (the last 2 lines of output) > match the modeline that the server log says it is displaying. I get exactly the same results with and without mga_hal loaded. Upon checking the logs, the modelines match exactly. > This should confirm that the bug is in the xfree86/debian supplied mga > driver. > > I have to say that although I've heard of people who use G550s without > mga_hal, I haven't got any of my G550 cards to work without it; > I'm using the digital output, which might be significant. It isn't in my case. I'm seriously thinking about buying a 17" LCD for my new home system, once I have the cash together; I could bring the purchase forward and give it a run at work. Thanks for the response. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
