On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:46:10 -0600, Nathan Kinkade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know about Xorg and hardware compatibility for an ATI Rage Pro > chip, but from what you are describing I would tend to point to an > issue with the monitor settings rather than the video card itself. If > the monitor is old, then EDID information may not be available from the > monitor, so Xorg may just try some default monitor setting that don't > happen to work with that monitor. Have you done some searches for Hsync > and Vertical Refresh rates for the monitor in question? Once you know > these values (ranges), you can set them manually in the xorg.conf file > under the section titled "Monitor". For example: > > Section "Monitor" > <some other directives> > HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 > EndSection > > As far as losing control of the display, but apparently still having > control of the keyboard, is the machine on a network? Can you possibly > ssh into the box and control it remotely? > > Nathan
I tested out a GNOME LiveCD, and it worked, so I've made a copy of the xorg.conf file and will give it a try later on tonight. The xorg.conf used was more sparce compared to the one that I generated using Xorg -configure, so hopefully this will be the ticket. Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
