Re: XFree 4 && Neomagic
On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 11:42:15AM -0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> > Rodrigo Moya (2000-11-08 08:58:32 -0100) :
> >
> > > well, I've tried with the old values and with the ones shown in
> > > startx's output, and the same, but now, at least, I am on 800x600,
> > > but what I want is 1024x768. I've been searching for my card's name
> > > in google, and I've found several examples, but all of them based on
> > > 3.3.x versions.
> > >
> > > So, can you suggest a refresh rate interval for this card? or tell
> > > me a place where I can find info?
> >
> > I guess the refresh rates have not changed with the Xfree86 release,
> > but I had the same problem (except my LCD can only go to 800x600 and I
> > did not manage to hit more that 64x480). It seems that the problem
> > was the default depth: my Neomagic didn't have enough RAM to handle
> > 800x600 in 24 bit depth. Changing the DefaultDepth to 16 solved the
> > problem.
> >
> not for me, changing DefaultDepth to a value other than 24 either hangs or
> fails with a "No screens found" error message.
>
> I've found, in debian-x, a couple of people with the same hardware/same problem,
> so I don't know what else to try. It's been suggested to comment out the
> Horiz/Vert stuff, but doing so falls back to 640x480.
Try:
HorizSync 30-64
VertRefresh 35-100
They're probably outside the range of what your screen can actually
handle, but I put those on my box (which maxes out at 800x600 though)
and it picked an 85Hz vert refresh for 800x600 and started working
fine.
Basically, I don't think the neomagic card will be willing to overdrive
the LCD panel beyond what it can really do. It's not like a CRT.
Please take this with a grain of salt, it didn't fry my box, but I
can't guarantee that your laptop won't go up in smoke.
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