Hello All: This pertains primarily to the Progeny configuration of XFree86 4.0.x when run on a very recent (last few days) Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop.
The standard configuration for the ATI Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x which is the video driver for the new Dell Inspiron 4000 is incorrect and results in corrupted or unuseable screen. This screen has the capability of up to 1400x1050 resolution. I have located the Dell XF86Config-4 files for the different resolutions (ostensibly for Redhat distribution) and I have tried the 1400x1050 resolution. This works fine but does get replaced by debconf every time the xserver-xfree86 package is updated. I have tried to report this bug to Progeny but I am getting "undeliverable mail" messages from their servers. I suspect that this problem exists in the Debian testing packages as well but I have not tried it so I prefer not to post a bug on it until I do. I am attaching the Dell files below for your information. I note that the lowest three resolutions seem to identify a video card different than the one which is in the computer. Possibly an older generation. The 1600x1200 resolution is for an external screen, not for the LCD screen. Cheers, Carlo Segre -- Carlo U. Segre -- Professor of Physics Illinois Institute of Technology Voice: 312.567.3498 Fax: 312.567.3494 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iit.edu/~segre ---- 1024x768 (this appears to be for a different card) ---------- Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 VertRefresh 60 Modeline "1024x768" 65.000 1024 1048 1065 1344 768 770 776 806 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- #Option "NoAccel" #Option "SWcursor" #Option "HWcursor" #Option "Dac6Bit" #Option "Dac8Bit" #Option "ForcePCIMode" #Option "CCEPIOMode" #Option "CCENoSecurity" #Option "CCEusecTimeout" #Option "AGPMode" #Option "AGPSize" #Option "RingSize" #Option "VBListSize" #Option "VBSize" #Option "UseCCEfor2D" #Option "PanelWidth" #Option "PanelHeight" #Option "UseFBDev" Identifier "Card0" Driver "r128" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection ----------------- 1280x768 ----------------------- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 VertRefresh 60.0 Modeline "1280x1024" 108.000 1400 1448 1462 1688 1050 1050 1053 1066 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "r128" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection ---- 1400x1050 (this is the one I have tested which works) -------- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0 VertRefresh 60.0 Modeline "1400x1050" 108.000 1400 1448 1462 1688 1050 1050 1053 1066 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "r128" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection -------------------- 1600x1200 -------------------------------- # XFree86 4.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection # By default, Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use xfs Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection # This loads all the modules... Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "My Monitor" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 31.5 - 90 VertRefresh 60 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "ATI|Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x" Driver "r128" BoardName "Unknown" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "ATI|Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x" Monitor "My Monitor" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1600x1200" EndSubSection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection
