Some suggestions on XFree86 4.1

Subject: Some suggestions on XFree86 4.1
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Sat Jul 07 2001 - 04:59:54 MDT

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Please don't shoot me if these don't work ....

I have a system that is an upgraded 9600 with a PowerLogix G3 card, a
MacAlly USB card and a Rage Orion graphics card. So it should be very
similar to some of those that are currently posing problems. I am running
kernel 2.4.4 and XFree86 4.1 XFree86 4.1 is the first version I've
installed that offers correct acceleration and starts up properly every time
(ie the picture is in the same place on the screen each time).

I suggest the following:

- start from a working XFree86 4.01 (or later)

- make sure you are in runlevel 3 before working on X. You can start X for
each trial with the 'startx' command. If it fails you will drop back to the
shell

- the video driver you need may not be compiled into X by default. In the X
source directory, copy xc/config/cf/xf86site.def to xc/config/cf/host.def
then edit host.def to include any features you need. I edited this to make
sure the ati driver was built

- after building and installing X according to the instructions run
Xautoconfig4 again. Start X - it may work. If not, gradually change the
appropriate parts of XF86Config-4 manually.

I have attached a couple of sections of my XF86Config-4 file - I hope they
help.

  Iain

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "keyboard"
        Option "XkbModel" "macintosh_old"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse0"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        UseModes "Modes0"
        ModelName "Monitor Model"
        Option "DPMS"
        HorizSync 30-70
        VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section "Modes"
        Identifier "Modes0"

        Modeline "1024x768" 65.000 1024 1029 1145 1312 768 769 772 800
+hsync +vsync

        Modeline "800x600" 62.357 800 821 901 1040 600 601 604
632 +hsync +vsync
        Modeline "640x480" 49.886 640 661 725 832 480 481 484
514 +hsync +vsync

EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Option "UseFBDev"
        Driver "ati"
        BusID "PCI:0:14:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Card0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        DefaultFbBpp 32
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
                FbBpp 32
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                FbBpp 32
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                FbBpp 32
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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