Jon Elson wrote: > Chris Epicier wrote: > >> Warning: This is a rather long message. I hope the list moderator has >> nothing against it. >> >> Richard >> >> >> >>> Sorry, I hadn't understood that >>> graphics were failing before X was starting. >>> >>> >> well I probably did not really stress that properly... >> >> > But, I'm wondering if this is > actually a MONITOR > problem. X reads the screen's capabilities through the DDC pins, but > some monitors > produce info that confuses some drivers, or just the timing of the > interchange causes one > or the other to malfunction. With an older nVidia driver, it would > scramble my ViewSonic > LCD screen, and I had to pull the plug and power it back on > (powering-off by the panel button > did not work) to get a usable screen. Later drivers have fixed this. > So, I would try the > problem system with some other monitors to see if that sheds any light. > >
I guess as other distros have been run okay, it still seems like configuration to me. If X is reading the monitor wrong, generate a modeline. Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
