Re: xserver Settings for ATI Rage 128

[Clark Martin <cmmac@sonic.net>]

Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Dirk wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running debian lenny here on a G4 processor with ATI Rage 128
> > graphic card. All works fine up to now except the xserver screen
> > resolution. It seems to be fixed to 800x600 and I can't find where / how
> > to change it. My monitor supports 1280x1024, and KDE on 800x600 sucks...
> > Although I googled up and down the net I didn't find a working solution
> > to my problem.
> >
> > Anyone here knows what I must do to get this fixed?
> > I'm still a newbie on linux, so I'd be glad to receive some more
> > detailed support. ;)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dirk
>
>
> It only gets worse.  I've got a G4 PowerMac with an ATI Rage 128 card 
> running squeeze with an xorg.conf (attached -- maybe it will help you, 
> Dirk) that worked fine under Lenny, but now gdm won't start at all.
>
> I can supply log files if somebody wants to help debug this problem...


Try changing this:

 SubSection "Display"
 	Depth		16
 	Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" "880x660" "800x600" "760x608" "720x400" 
"640x480"
 EndSubSection

To:

 SubSection "Display"
 	Depth		16
 	Modes		 "1024x768"  "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection

And try duplicating it and changing the 16 to 24

IIRC I wasn't able to get 1280x1024 to work, that's why I put in the 
Radeon (which does work).

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