At Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:02:55 +0200 (EET), Omer Zak wrote: > > The mystery is still there, but the X-Window in my Debian Testing > installation is now operational. > What were my changes? > 1. The video card driver was changed from 'vesa' to 'nv' (my video card is > GeForce FX 5200). In RedHat8.0, 'vesa' worked.
This pushes me again towards my last guess in the private email. You probably need to load the fbdevhw module which you are in RH and not in Debian. The vesa driver is probably not speaking to your frame buffer. > 2. I deleted the 1280x960 mode. In RedHat8.0, this mode did not cause > problems. Then it shouldn't be a problem with debian, unless the newer X is trying a higher refresh rate, but I would go with my previous guess about fbdevhw > 3. The monitor identifier was changed from "___:ffff" to "Sony SDM-HS73", > because there is a bad omen associated with colons. The RedHat8.0 > configuration did not have colons in monitor identifiers. > > Thanks to Micha Feigin for the effort, which he put into helping me. > --- Omer > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
