on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 03:10:37PM -0400, Brian Stults (bstults@soc.ufl.edu) wrote: > Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 11:54:21AM -0400, Brian Stults (bstults@soc.ufl.edu) wrote: > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>When I drop down to a console from X, or when I exit X altogether, the > >>screen that comes up is unreadable. It is a black screen with lots of > >>vertical white lines of varying width. When I type, it just produces > >>more verticle white lines where the text should be. > >> > >>Any suggestions? Thanks. > >> > > > > Sounds like a bad graphics card and/or configuration. > > > > What's your hardware? Probably want to post your XF86Config file > > (appropriate version if you're running XF86v4), might look through your > > X server logs as well. > > > > > > I've included my XF86Config below. This is happening for me and for a > friend of mine, and we both have different video cards and monitors. It > started for both of us about 3-4 weeks ago. It probably started after > an upgrade of the X packages because neither of us have changed our > hardware or XF86Config recently. I have an ATI Rage 128 Pro II AGP with > a 19" Mitsubishi Diamondtron monitor. How about the logs then. Should be /var/log/XFree86.0.log if you're running an X display manager. <...> I'm guessing this is the relevant XF86Config section, *IF* you've sent the right file -- your logs will tell you which is being read. > Section "Device" > Identifier "Standard VGA" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > Driver "vga" > Option "BackingStore" "On" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI Rage 128 Pro" > Driver "r128" > ChipId 0x5246 > VideoRam 16384 > Option "AGPMode" "2" > Option "DPMS" > Option "BackingStore" "On" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "ATI Rage 128 Pro" > Monitor "My Monitor" > DefaultDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" # > "1280x1024" > # ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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