Re: trouble with an old Packard Bell monitor and an ATI mach64 card
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On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 06:52:44PM -0700, Alex Gould wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to install Sarge as a lightweight X desktop (fluxbox an
> a few programs) on a HP pavilion 6355. It has an ATI mach64 video card
> with 2 MB ram, connected to an old 13 or 14 inch (I'm not sure) Packard
> Bell monitor of some sort: the sticker on the back says it's a "PB 8539
> VG".
>
> I've tried all kinds of configurations for XFree86, but even if I ry
> the VGA driver at 640x480, 8-bit color, and the slowest refresh rate, I
> get the "interlaced-double-vision" effect. When I run xf86cfg, the
> display works but it doesn't recognize the mouse (a regular PS/2
> mouse). Any ideas on how to get this to work? Thanks, Alex
Hi Alex,
ok. so you have 640x480 working?
send us your /etc/X11/XFree86-4 file. I susect that you need to setup
your mouse as /dev/psaux. use 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86'
try selecting 'ati' or 'vesa' and '/dev/psaux' for the mouse.
cheers,
Kev
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