Re: XFree86 on Powerbook G3 Series

[Michel Dänzer <michdaen@iiic.ethz.ch>]

"Christoph Richardet - Mac Sys. Admin IIS ETHZ" wrote:
> 
> Every time I try to start the Xserver it aborts with the following message:
> 
> (**) FBDev: Using XF86Config video mode database
> (--) FBDev: Removing mode "640x480" from list of valid modes.
> (--) FBDev: Removing mode "800x600" from list of valid modes.
> 
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.
> 
> What's going wrong? Where is the video mode database located and how can I
> fix the problem?

Might be the horizontal and vertical ranges in the Monitor section not
allowing for the modes you want to run.

This is little information though, excerpts from XF86Config might help.


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