Re: resolution problems with 64 x

Thanks for taking notice. It's a relief to hear that I am not the only=20
one in pain. You are of course perfectly right. Only, I have not been=20
able to configure my X700 1600X1200 card under any combination of=20
identities, monitors and resolutions. All I got for my pains were error=20
messages. And the updated final xorg-6.9.0 packages made matters even=20
worse.

What I did not mention was that the 64bit version failed to form a=20
d=E9tente with other peripherals, like sound card and on-board NIC. The=20
crazy thing was that the skies cleared and all zoomed along once I=20
downgraded to the 32bit version of 2006. Which suggests that the porting=20
of basic packages from 32 to 64 bits is less straightforward than I had=20
hoped.


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patrick_darcy wrote:

>i did a fresh install of mandriva 2006. then i got
>sources from easy urpmi. then i did=20
>
>auto--select --allow-force.
>
>then i rebooted everything was fine.
>
>the reason i reinstalled was because my evga 7800gtx
>didnt have a driver in 2006 but it is in the 8178 driver.
>
>then i went and deleted my sources and set them
>back up in cooker.
>
>then i downloaded the 2.6-17 and 16 kernels.
>
>then i rebooted into them
>
>then i got 8178 driver and dksms and installed them.
>
>everything works fine. i then set my resolution
>to 1600x1200 and went off on the internet and
>played armagetron.
>
>then my isp died at some point and i rebooted my
>machine. i have NO BOOT LOADER.=09
>
>it seems that if u are using 16 x 1200 resolution
>and u reboot u have nothing to boot from
>
>i put the dvd in and tried to rescue to no avail.
>
>didnt work at all.
>
>then i reinstalled and went through all these
>changes again and then changed the resolution to
>anything but 16 x 1200 and everything is fine.
>
>i then , and i must be a glutton for punishment ,
>put my resolution at 16x 1200 and rebooted=20
>and again no boot loader.
>
>this is apparantly a bug..
>
>hope this helps.
>
>if u want to test it just set your resolution at 1600
>x 1200 and u wont be able to boot back into
>mandriva again.
>
>i have rebooted several times and as long as 16 x
>1200 is not being used my machine works fine.
>
>and in any of my resolutions i am getting glx gears
>of 15300.  not bad.
>
>
>
>
> =20
>