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Re: X problem with upgrade to kernel 2.4



On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 08:29:42PM -0500, W. Crowshaw wrote:
> I have, however, encountered a problem with X video.
> Console video works great.  No artifacts and it
> appears in the same resolution that it had when I
> was running 2.2.20-pmac.  X video is another story.
> I'm running XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 which came with
> woody.  Using kernel 2.4.20-rc-ben0, I now
> can't get the "1024x768" resolution I once had.
> Instead, I get a message on VT8 that reports that
> the "signal is out of range" -- can't really tell if
> the monitor is printing out this message or the
> Xserver.  My monitor is a 19" Dell attach with a
> VGA adapter set at 1024x768.
> 
> The relevant parts of my XF86Config-4 which
> describes my monitor is the following:
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver          "fbdev"
>         Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"

I think you need a BusID here. Mine is
	BusID		"PCI:00:16:00"
You can check what your ID should be with lspci, and
convert what it says from binary to decimal.

> EndSection
> 

If that doesn't work, try 

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

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