Thanks, Michel. I'll try out those modes when I get a chance. As you indicated, using fbdev at depth 8 instead of the ati driver works.
--Bill Carini On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 01:31:43AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > On Fre, 2003-04-18 at 18:58, bill carini wrote: > > Does someone know how to configure X for a Macintosh Portrait > > Monitor? I have a PowerCenter Pro 240 system, which comes > > with an ATI 3D Rage card. I tried to configure X with debconf upon > > installation, > > and I edited the XF86Config-4 file to use 640x870 as the default. I get > > "Screen(s) > > found, but none have a usable configuration." > > The X server doesn't know any 640x870 modes. > > > By the way, the kernel argument video=ofonly gives me a good console. (I > > tried > > video=atyfb:vmode:7 but only got garbage on the screen). > > Unfortunately, you can't use fbset -x to get a mode definition when you > boot with video=ofonly (unless the fbdev driver at depth 8 is all you > want maybe). The following mode definitions, which I've generated with > the gtf tool that comes with recent XFree86 versions, may help (beware, > my mailer breaks the second line): > > # 640x870 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 54.06 kHz; pclk: 45.84 MHz > Modeline "640x870_60.00" 45.84 640 680 744 848 870 871 874 901 > -HSync +Vsync > > # 640x870 @ 70.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.42 kHz; pclk: 54.79 MHz > Modeline "640x870_70.00" 54.79 640 680 752 864 870 871 874 906 > -HSync +Vsync > > # 640x870 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 68.10 kHz; pclk: 58.84 MHz > Modeline "640x870_75.00" 58.84 640 680 752 864 870 871 874 908 > -HSync +Vsync > > > -- > Earthling Michel D?nzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer > Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer > -- ********************************************************************** This email was brought to you by the Mutt E-Mail Client (www.mutt.org) and Debian GNU/Linux (www.debian.org) **********************************************************************
