Re: X problems

["M.C. Vernon" <mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk>]

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config
> file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log):
> 
>  (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted.
> <a bit later>
> 
> (--) Mach64: There is no mode definition named "1024x768"
> 
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.
> 
> Now my XF86Config file:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier      "Primary Monitor"
>    VendorName      "Unknown"
>    ModelName       "Unknown"
>    HorizSync       31.5-31.5,35.15-35.15,35.5-35.5
>    VertRefresh     55-90
>    Modeline  "1024x768"   44.96 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 +hsync
> +vsync interlace
> EndSection
> 
> These were all made by XF86Setup, and indeed it worked OK when Setup ran
> it's little auto-test.
> 
> So why doesn't it work now? and indeed, would fiddling the HorizSync rate
> be OK or am I going to blow my monitor?

Well, I went ahead and changed that Horizsync to 35.5-35.6 and it hasn't
blown up yet. :)

Matthew

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