Re: Proble - XFree86 4.2 and ATI 3D Rage LT Pro
On Friday 24 May 2002 06:35 pm, Russ Cook wrote:
> I have a Compaq Presario that I'm promoting from my kid's
> windows machine to my Linux machine (he got a new, faster machine).
> I tried installing the Debian X packages for version 4.1, but
> could not get it to run. I'm using a 3D Rage LT Pro.
>
> The sympton is that when I run startx, the screen goes black.
> It doesn't fault out and return to text mode - it just remains
> black. I've identified the window manager to use, and have tried
> changing the window manager. I've attached the XFree86 log file.
>
> I have XWindows successfully running on another machine, with
> a different video card.
>
if you can crash the x-server with ctrl-alt-backspace, then it sounds like
the hsync and vsync modes for the monitor are wrong. if you read through the
log, it should explain what it can and can't do in terms of resolution.
ben
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