Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-17 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:56:26 + (UTC) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a reason you are not using the usual X drivers? It's a difficult decision, I guess. On the one hand Matrox presumably know more about their cards than X people (unless they work for Matrox, of course, but

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 16 Nov 2002 04:44:10 -0500, Mark L. Kahnt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Out of range errors - particularly when the monitor is reporting them > too, have to do with monitor scanline settings that the monitor can't > support - being too wide or too tall or too fast for a resolution. The > graphi

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-16 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:32:55 +, Richard Kimber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 4.2 working fine with the Matrox 450. The upgrade did break things > at first. For some reason the new config file seemed to be the problem, > and everything worked when I restored the previous one (generated

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-16 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:02:33 + (UTC) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I won't try to reproduce the entire bug report here, but in a > nutshell, with my original working config file for 4.1, which > corresponds to a resolution of 1280x1024, the server tries to come up, > but then hangs

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-16 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:26:09 + (UTC) Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I forgot to mention that shortly previous to this I had started having > tracking problems with my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer mouse. It > would occasionally freeze or not track properly. I was puzzled by > this

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-16 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 01:02, Faheem Mitha wrote: > Dear People, > > I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium > G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my > working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right > away, since I keep

Re: X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-15 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:02:33 + (UTC), Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium > G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my > working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right > a

X 4.2 problems ("out of range") with Matrox G450

2002-11-15 Thread Faheem Mitha
Dear People, I am currently tracking sarge. My video card is the Matrox Millenium G450. Recently, X 4.2 arrived in sarge. As it turns out, it broke my working XF86Config-4 file for 4.1, though I didn't realise it right away, since I keep the X server up and running for long periods. I sent in a b