Subject: RE: Monitor Display Problem-Help Please! :)
From: Gupta, Avinash (Avinash.Gupta@Staples.com)
Date: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 11:18:42 MST
Try the following Modeline in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes0"
ModeLine "1024x768" 85.32 1024 1072 1312 1408 768 770 782 808 +hsync +vsync
EndSection
... blah ... blah ...
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
-- avinash
--On Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:35 am -0600 Robert Serphillips
<rserphillips@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Same problem here. It's an Issue with Xfree 4.1
> I'm using a Umax J700 (8500 clone)
> ATI rage orion
> XLR8 Mach Carrier G4 450
> Sony 17" 200ES
>
> I was able to get 1024x786 @8bits which is lousy seeing as I'm currently
> (ydl 2.0 xfree86 4.0.2) running at 1152x864@16bits. Sorry I can't be more
> helpful but I'm sticking with ydl 2.0 until all of the bugs are removed
> from the 2.1 update, which might be never as it's most likely an XFree
> issue. With this problem and the fact that the 2.4.10 kernel doesn't boot
> on my machine (even thought the 2.4.4 kernel works perfectly) has made
> the upgrade very dissapointing.
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 01:20:25 -0600
> Brian Egeness <brianfe@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello YDL community (my first time here and really glad to be here),
>>
>> Ok...I have an issue that needs your help YDL community!!! Here's the
>> facts.
>>
>> My system:
>> Powermac 8500
>> XLR8 MACh Carrier G4 card 450MHz w/ 1MB Backside Cache
>> 17" Multiple Scan 1705
>> OS 9.1
>> Open Firmware 1.0.5
>> YDL 2.1 Commercial CD Install
>>
>> The issue...and be gentle :)! The install went smooth as chilled Absolut
>> except for this one problem...after selecting the proper monitor from the
>> install setup and arriving at the KDE GUI, on my display monitor,
>> transposed over the entire screen is what looks like a 50 lane highway.
>> I've got 50 rows or so of vertical, transparent, white dashes transposed
>> over the GUI. I had to adjust the vertical and horizontal with the
>> monitor adjustment buttons as the desktop was squashed but really not an
>> issue. I've searched the community's mailing list for an answer to no
>> avail. I've found no mention of a similar issue. I'm using an XLR8 MACh
>> Carrier G4 upgrade card and thought that might have been the issue.
>> So...I pulled the card, reset the cuda switch, and replaced the original
>> 604 120MHz card. Rebooted into YDL and walla...same problem! Any clues
>> guys?
>> I was very excited about YDL 2.1 and the upcoming BlackLab release
>> but...right now I'm pulling my hair out tryin to get this to work. I
>> would have bought the support option had the tech support not told me
>> that it was a snap to install on my machine. I've got 3 silver software
>> coasters as it stands and 14 hours lost on tearing my computer apart
>> repeatedly, putting it back together, and reconfiguring settings. I even
>> went so far as to reconfigure the bandit settings for video output and
>> monitor devices in Open Firmware 1.0.5 of this cpu and issued a boot
>> command but...same issue. White dash highway. Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated. If I need to provide you with more info I will do so
>> gladly. I'm really looking forward to joining the YDL community. You
>> guys have a great thing going here.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Brian
>>
>
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