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Re: problem with latest experimental ati driver



On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 10:29 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> 
>  I have been using 1:6.7.192-4 for quite a while now, am quite happy
> with managing the external monitor through xrandr (though I haven't
> found out yet how to set a specific frequency, only a specific mode),

Use xrandr --rate to choose between the available modes for a given
resolution.

> and sometimes I have to restart X11 multiple times to not get display
> errors when using the external monitor.
> 
>  That said, after upgrade to the latest version of the package in
> experimental, 1:6.7.195-2, I am unable to start nexuiz anymore. Well, I
> can start it, but the display gets crashed, it starts to fill with black
> mostly first and then starts these funny colour games, getting brighter
> and brigher over time. Reinstalling the 1:6.7.192-4 package again makes
> it work again.

Assuming it switches to a lower resolution, does Option
"LVDSBiosNativeMode" "off" help?


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