Bug#234066: xserver-xfree86: XF86Config-4 file not being used correctly
my ati radeon Mobility M6 LY rev 0 card hooked up to a single Gateway
EV500 did not pay attention to the horizontal and vertical sync rates
specified in the XF86Config-4 file resulting in its defaulting to a very
low resolution. This appears to have happened because it defaulted to
thinking there were two monitors. The solution was to add the line
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,NONE"
in the "Device" Section of your XF86Config-4 file to tell the driver to
force it to expect only one monitor and react accordingly.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 04:59:40AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 07:29:58PM +0100, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 06:18, Luke Schierer wrote:
> > > yay! you rock! that works. thank you very much :-)
> >
> > Glad it's working. I defer to yours and Branden's judgement on how to
> > proceed with this bug.
>
> I think it can probably be closed, but I'd like to do so with a coherent
> summary of what the problem was, because I've gotten a bit lost in all
> the discussion and with the various blind alleys we've been down with
> this bug.
>
> I'd like to see something of the form:
>
> PROBLEM: My <video card> hooked up to a <monitor> didn't <foo>.
>
> SOLUTION: The radeon driver <barred>. The default is to <quux>, so you
> have to put the line
> Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,NONE"
> in the "Device" Section of your XF86Config-4 file to tell the driver to
> <blerg> instead of <quuxing>.
>
> Can you guys fill in the blanks, please? I'm thinking Mr. Schierer can
> better fill in the problem statement, and Mr. D?nzer the solution.
>
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