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Re: confusing X problem



What does SuperProbe say about your video card??

The SVGA server can only see that you have got 64k video ram.
Try uncomment out the line:
	    #VideoRam    2048
in your XF86Config file.

You might also try out the latest server from XFree86.org.

Patrick Olson [compman@internetcds.com] wrote:
> 
> > Um, I've got only good to say for the xserver that nvidia has released,
> > which your video card might like. I hear "diamond viper" so I'm guessing
> > a tnt chip. Beyond that, you really should have the specs of your
> > monitor handy, as that has always for me been the part that needed the
> > endless testing of capable modes. You can get that xserver at
> > www.nvidia.com if you're interested, btw.
> 
> Unfortunately, the Viper Pro Video (or at least this one) uses a Weitek
> P9100.  I tried the nvidia server and had exactly the same problem as with
> the SVGA server that comes with dists/stable: stuck in 320x200 even though
> 
> I told xf86config everything I knew:
> 
> -that I want 800x600
> -horizontal frequency range of 31-65
> -vertical frequency range of 55-120
> -2MB video RAM
> 
> It is running 800x600 under Win95, so I know the hardware can do it.  That
> makes this even more frustrating, since the hardware can clearly do
> 800x600, I told xf86config everything, and it randomly picks 320x200.
> 
> I can understand why the logfile shows it rejecting modes higher than
> 800x600 because they are outside the monitor's frequency range, but it
> does not even bother to say why it refuses to run 800x600.
> 
> The file /etc/X11/XF86Config is at
> http://home.internetcds.com/~compman/XF86Config
> 
> The file /var/log/xdm.log is at
> http://home.internetcds.com/~compman/xdm.log
> 
> Could someone please take a look at them and help me understand how to get
> it working?
> 
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