Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work.

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From: "Marc Aurele La France" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Xpert]Xfree 4.2 fails to initialize LCD screen


> 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.
>
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