[ Ian Bicking ] > Package: xfree86-common > Version: 4.2.1-1 > Severity: normal > > After just upgrading XF86, X no longer starts. It complains about > "bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan" and accepts no resolution. > There were no changes to the config file at the time of the update. > This is with a Matrox G200. XFree86.log is appended.
I experienced the same problem with my G400, and, as described in this thread, the problem went away when using XFree86-debug. I started comparing the logs from XFree86 and XFree86-debug respectively, and found that XFree86 loaded the mga_hal-module, but XFree86-debug did not. I moved this module out of the way so XFree86 wouldn't load it, and X started up nicely. Ian Bicking's log says: > (II) Loading sub module "mga_hal" > (II) LoadModule: "mga_hal" > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/mga_hal_drv.o > (II) Module mga_hal: vendor="The XFree86 Project" > compiled for 4.0.3, module version = 1.0.0 > ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 > (II) MGA(0): Matrox HAL module used Removing this module fixed the problem for me. Matrox has also made available at their website a version of this module for XFree86 4.2.0, and it worked without any problems. Regards, -- Hans Christian Kjølberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
