[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Kevin Brosius wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Kevin Brosius wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Having just upgraded my system from Mandrake 7.2 running the > > > > > original XFree86 4.1.0 binaries to the XFree86 4.2.0 provided > > > > > with Mandrake 8.2 (/ partition was reformatted for this upgrade) > > > > > I now have a visual problem with the XFree86 display. The card > > > > > in this machine (an IBM 300PL) is a S3 Trio 3D which identifies > > > > > itself to XFree86 4.2.0 as: > > > [snip] > > > > > The left hand side and middle of the screen are fine, but the > > > > > right hand side of the display is covered with multiple copies > > > > > of a strip about 180 pixels wide taken from the middle of the > > > > > screen and duplicated roughly three times (in 1280x1024 > > > > > resolution) on the right hand side of the screen. Every > > > > > application appears to be acting normally on this setup, the X > > > > > server runs happily enough without errors in the > > > > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log file. This effect is not observed in > > > > > 8bit colour but is seen in 15, 16 and 24bit colour > > > > > depths. Moving to higher resolutions like 1400x1050 results in a > > > > > similar effect with roughly five copies of that strip on the > > > > > right hand side of the screen. > > > > > > > > A full log would be helpful. I've seen a case where missing > > > > monitor config and failing DDC caused something like this. > > > > [snip: config] > > > > If you place "1024x768" in the first position under Depth 16, does it > > display cleanly at that resolution? Do only the 1152x864 and 1280x1024 > > modes cause trouble with the right side banding? Do you have any > > documentation for the Trio 3D card which specifies the maximum memory > > clock rate for your model? > > Even with 1024x768, there is a stripe and a half on the right hand side > of the screen. At least in 15, 16 and 24 bit colour - 8 bit is fine. > > I've dug around my old documentation for this PC and drawn a blank on > the specs for this card. However, I do note that the figures given in > the XFree86 3.3.6 output differ from the 4.2.0 output. > > For example, from 3.3.6: > > (--) SVGA: PCI: S3 Trio3D rev 1, Memory @ 0xf4000000 > (--) SVGA: S3V: Trio3D rev 1, Linear FB @ 0xf4000000 > (--) SVGA: Detected S3 Trio3D > (--) SVGA: using driver for chipset "s3_virge" > (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k > (--) SVGA: Ramdac speed: 230 MHz > (--) SVGA: Detected current MCLK value of 100.227 MHz > (--) SVGA: chipset: s3_virge > (--) SVGA: videoram: 4096k > (**) SVGA: Option "sw_cursor" > (**) SVGA: Option "power_saver" > (**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 565 > > >From 4.2.0: > > (--) S3VIRGE(0): Detected current MCLK value of 100.227 MHz > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-94.00 kHz > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-160.00 Hz > (II) S3VIRGE(0): Clock range: 20.00 to 270.00 MHz > > Am I right in thinking that the Clock range in the 4.2.0 output should > not exceed the RAMDAC speed? >
Possibly, but I thought that printout refered to mclk and not ramdac speed. Not sure though. I'll try and take a look over the weekend. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
