On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Charles Moon wrote: > I have a Sony Vaio Laptop PCG-FXA59 with a 1400 x 1050 native display powered > by an ATI Rage Mobility M1 AGP adapter. When I attempted to install RedHat 8.0,
> the anaconda graphical setup correctly probed the ATI chip, but > returned "unknown" for monitor. At that point a small white square appeared in > the upper left corner of the screen and intermittent flashes of color appeared > over the screen. The only way out was to shutdown. After using the text based > upgrade over a fully functioning installation of RH 7.2, when I tried to start > the x server [startx] the exact same screen abberation happened. Upon further > testing I have discovered I can get the LCD display to work IF when I start the Try 'Option "NoCompositeSync"' in the XF86Config's device section. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
