Please Cc me, I read this list via the web.

Andy Goth wrote:
> On Monday, May 26, 2003 11:10 am, Simon Watson wrote:
> > My monitor loses the videocard signal when XFree86 starts. Pressing
> > CTL+ALT+- several times to change resolution brings back the display. I've
> > tried editing XF86Config but with no luck - how can I force the correct
> > display mode on startup?
> >
> > When I change display mode with CTRL+ALT+-, the picture
> > returns (with less-than-ideal resolution) and I can see the login screen.

Same problem here, I just upgraded from XFree86 4.2 to 4.3 (testing packages
for Debian), everything was fine in 4.2 and 4.1.

> > Pressing it a couple more times, produces the perfect resolution on my LCD
> > screen.

> Tell us exactly how many times.  And you're using CTRL+ALT+MINUS, right? 

It seems to work (for me) only in the 640x480 mode, a few times it worked in
1280x1024 after cycling through all the resolutions, at the moment it does
not in Debian, but it did in Knoppix (also 4.3, I think from the same
source). The fun thing is, this worked with the very same config for XFree86
4.2. And it works when I change the driver from savage to vesa. This makes
me thing that the video modes are correct. The modelines, the whole config,
is created by the debian package. I would stay with the vesa driver, I only
think the picture is a bit more fuzzy with it than it used to be in 4.2 with
the savage driver.

> > Shuttle SK41G with ProSavage chipset

same here

> > IIyama 4315 LCD monitor (using analogue input) - its manual lists a
> > 1280x1024, 79.976kHz, 75.025Hz, 135MHZ mode

SyncMaster 171s with very similar specs (well, my manual isn't that
specific, and it says 60Hz, but the box says [EMAIL PROTECTED], and I did have
this mode working previously). Of course I tried limiting it to 60Hz.

> > # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
>
> I've always wondered what this meant...  Of course, here it's a comment, but 
> still, what's "nodeadkeys"?

It means when you press the "~" on your keyboard, you get a "~" and don't
have to press "space" to get it, or another key to get a "~" on top of that
character. Also for '" and maybe more. I think this layout only exists for
german keyboards, but somebody will probably correct me.

Christian
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