> > I have a laptop with an ATI Rage Mobility display card. > > I have a Gateway 9300 with 'ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility > AGP 2x (rev 64)' video card, and I do not observe the issues you > mention. I run X in 16-bit 1024x768 happily.
Do you use the XF86_SVGA server (which gives me no problems), or the XF86_Mach64 server, which is supposed to be accelerated or something. > > I have come to accept that I cannot use the XF86_Mach64 server (I now > > use XF86_SVGA), and I can only use SVGALib in sort of standard vga > > mode (chipset ATI - pretty much a vga driver), due to "vertical > > banding" when trying to use the MACH64 drivers... (does anyone know of > > improved support in the future, or maybe in XFree 4.0?) > > Which version of XFree86 do you have installed? > > [...] 3.3.6 > > (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "512x384" > > (--) SVGA: Removing mode "512x384" from list of valid modes. > > These are caused by the XF86config file referring to modes that are not > defined or cannot be used with the current chipset. No need to worry > about them. I need lower res's for things like quake... <g> The thing that bugs me, is that it works fine when XF86Setup tests the configuration, allows me to take any lower res mode I selected, but as soon as I try startx as a normal user, the lower res modes become unavailable... they are defined in the config file. > > I don't have a clue why. Should I attach my XF86Config file? > > That might help, at least if you send it to me. Then I could tell you if > there are any *major* differences between your configuration and mine... I'm sending it to you, thanks. Hugo van der Merwe
