Re: Can't set resolution below 1280x1024 on RH9
Michael Keightley <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:54:03AM -0700, Alex Deucher wrote: > the driver seems to be rejecting all modes except 1400x1050 and > 1280x1024. I'm not sure why off hand. you might try generating a > custom modeline for 1024x768. Did 1024x768 work in a previous version > of xfree86? I seem to recall a similar discuss a while back on one of > the xfree86 ML's but I don't remember what the outcome was. It worked with Red Hat 7.2. This looks like the same problem - http://www.spinics.net/lists/rh-xf/msg00767.html, so it looks like it worked in Red Hat 8.0. Michael > > Alex > > --- Michael Keightley <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:13:21AM -0700, Alex Deucher wrote: > > > send us your full xfree86 log (/var/log/XFree86.0.log) > > > > > > Alex > > It's attached. > > > > Michael > > > > > > --- Michael Keightley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Have just upgraded a Dell Latitude C800 laptop to Red Hat 9 from > > 7.2. > > > > It has a 1400x1050 max display and a 32MB ATI Rage 128 Mobility > > > > graphics card. > > > > In redhat-config-xfree86, I've set the display type to > > > > "Dell 1400x1050 Laptop Display Panel". > > > > > > > > When I start X I can only get 1400x1050 or 1280x1024. It won't > > > > change to > > > > 1024x768, which makes the laptop useless as I need to connect it > > to a > > > > projector! > > > > > > > > When I change the Modes line in XF86Config from: > > > > > > > > Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" > > "1024x768" > > > > "800x600" "640x480" > > > > > > > > to just: > > > > > > > > Modes "1024x768" > > > > > > > > I get the error below when starting X. Anyone have any ideas, > > apart > > > > from > > > > downgraded to Red Hat 8??? > > > > > > > > % startx >& /tmp/out > > > > % cat /tmp/out > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com -- Michael Keightley <[email protected]> Tel: +44 131 240 3137 Systems Manager, Quadstone Limited, Fax: +44 131 220 4492 16 Chester Street, Edinburgh EH3 7RA, Scotland http://www.quadstone.com _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com