On Don, 2002-12-12 at 02:29, W. Crowshaw wrote: > > I have, however, encountered a problem with X video. > Console video works great. No artifacts and it > appears in the same resolution that it had when I > was running 2.2.20-pmac. X video is another story. > I'm running XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 which came with > woody. Using kernel 2.4.20-rc-ben0, I now > can't get the "1024x768" resolution I once had. > Instead, I get a message on VT8 that reports that > the "signal is out of range" -- can't really tell if > the monitor is printing out this message or the > Xserver.
Not the X server for sure. > (**) FBDev(0): Default mode "1024x768": 44.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.5 > kHz, 87.0 Hz (I) > (II) FBDev(0): Modeline "1024x768" 44.90 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 > 817 interlace +hsync +vsync > (**) FBDev(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.2 > kHz, 56.2 Hz > (II) FBDev(0): Modeline "800x600" 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 > +hsync +vsync Those are funny modes. If you use custom mode definitions, try without, or with definitions from fbset -x in console. Otherwise, play with the refresh ranges in the monitor section. > Since kernel 2.4 has been around awhile, I figure > someone has already seen this problem. Is there a > solution? It's not really a kernel problem, it's just that you've never used a different video mode than the one set by OF before. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
