On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 17:22, Kai Haberzettl wrote:
> I am running a fixed frequency Monitor (HP A1097C) with a special
> Graphics-Card from <http://si87.com> with Permedia2-chipset. I am
> running a SuSE Linux-Distribution.
>
> I am running 3.3.6 without any problem (under Linux). Every attempt at
> transfering the setup (with modelines etc.) to 4.0.2 fails
> miserably. The server starts but the picture is badly scrambled.
>
> My working Config-file for 3.3.6 is here:
> <http://www.khaberz.de/XF86Config.txt>
>
> The one I'm trying to use for 4.0.2 is here:
> <http://www.khaberz.de/XF86Config-4.txt>
>
> Has anything particular changed between versions that could cause this
> problem?
One thing is that the X server now has built-in modes, and it uses the best
one which fits into the constraints defined in Section "Monitor". So make sure
those reflect your monitor's abilities (it's better to specifiy small ranges
rather than fixed values to account for floating point inaccuracies).
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Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc)
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CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project
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