Kin Chung wrote: > > > Tried both of those with recompiles even to make sure it was not > > > the patches or any brain-death I added. > > > >What patches? Those options work with stock XFree86 4.0.2. > > No idea what the patches are about. They came with the download > (in a separate package). They do seem to add more errors than > they remove :-(.
What package anyway? Don't you use the Debian 4.0.2 packages? > > > Neither worked. The `Option "ProgramFPRegs" "No"' option killed the > > > display (it turns out that it does not kill Debian (yay, still have > > > ethernet to reboot the beast). > > > >Can't you even exit with ctrl-alt-del? > > This has never worked. Once you hose the video settings, they > are hosed. Killing X does not bring the screen back, only a > reboot will. Starting X again might also help. > >This probably means that it actually works but something's wrong with > >refresh rates or something. Your Monitor Section is a bit complicated, take > >a close look at the log. > > Yeah I know it is a bit of a dogs breakfast, but fbset -x gives > me the 100.000 Hz setting (noted with a comment) in xfree3.3.6, > so it ought to carry over to xfree4 (same aty128fb driver!)--- > obviously it doesn't because it don't work! That's just the modeline. My concern is about the Refresh ranges in the Monitor Section. > >BTW have you tried the "PanelWidth" and "PanelHeight" options yet? > > Tried them with the "ProgramFPRegs" "No" option, but it did not > really do any good. These Options only have an effect if the flat panel registers are programmed (i.e. "ProgramFPRegs" "No" is _not_ used). Sorry I didn't make that clear before. > It would appear that I have to sit down and figure out all the > interconnections between xfree and aty128fb.o (in the kernel) before all > this will start to make sense. More reading, more experiments, more crashes > :-). aty128fb only matters with Option "UseFBDev". -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
