Re: Configuring a monitor?
On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> > It should have been the right one. That Mattrox Millenium seems to be
> > using SVGA.
> >
> > Someone suggested using ctl-alt-+(num) to switch between resolutions.
> > That method never worked. There was only that one resolution available.
> >
> > There might be support for that card available in later xfree-debs, I'll
> > see...? Someone suggested that.
> >
> > But yesterday night the whole system crashed again. There has been a
> > strange problem with the machine. Sometimes while booting the power goes
> > off suddently and then the whole system is unusable, because the whole
> > file-system is broken then. It made it again...
>
> I'm no guru, but this is damn peculiar.
I'm getting tired of this. But it might be the case that I just have to
remember to shut the power off altogether before booting debian... because
it lasted this time quite long... before it...
I noticed that someone
> mentioned that you grab the latest X. Do you know what version
> you're using? Is the G100 listed in the card database?
It wasn't there. I was just upgrading for that 3.3.3.1.-10 when the
whole system crashed (again). That might be the solution for the whole
thing.
I'll try to do that nex time, if I once more install debian in this damn
machine...
> I have a
> G200 myself, and I had to upgrade to 3.3.3.1-10 cuz the X on the
> slink CDs didn't support my card.
>
> Also, when specifying the horizontal and vertical frequencies,
> are you pressing <Enter> after entering each range in the
> appropriate box? I noticed that when you don't, the values you
> type in aren't reflected in the red bars indicating the ranges. I
> don't know if this is significant, but it doesn't seem to hurt.
I don't think that I did that.
>
> To switch between resolutions you press the combo Ctrl-Alt-(+/-)
> to cycle forward and backward thru them.
>
That did not work at all.
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hv
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