Subject: Re: Getting monitor to work with XFree86-3.3.5-1.6.0c
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Thu Dec 16 1999 - 22:12:42 MST
Ron Z wrote:
> I read the recent postings between Phil Kirschner and Neil Jolly with the
> hopes of learning how to increase my screen refresh rates. I have a
> PPC-9500 with a G3 upgrade and an ATI Nexus GA graphics card with 8 Megs
> of RAM and am using Kernel-2.2.12-2. The monitor is an Apple MultiSync
> 20". After switching from the XFree86 version that shipped with CS1.1 to
> version 3.3.5-1.6.0c I am unable to get X to run at all.
>
> After installing the set of rpms from dev.linux.org I ran Xconfigurator.
> It recognizes only 5Meg of RAM when the monitor is set for 1280x1024 and
> millions of colors on the Mac side and it recognizes only 1Meg when the
> monitor is set for thousands of colors and 1024x768. One result is that I
> am not given the choice of selecting 1280X1024 at 24 bits resolution in
> Xconfigurator because, I guess, X does not think I have enough video RAM.
>
> If no video driver is checked, the system runs in terminal
> mode (runlevel 3) but if it is unchecked, the terminal goes blank and
> powers down after about the first five or ten lines into the initial boot
> process although the machine does seem to continue booting in the dark so
> to speak.
>
> Is there a way I can get this system to work with more responsive video in
> X? A different video card? A different kernel?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron Z
Sounds suspiciously like you're not passing a video argument to the kernel.
I'm not familiar with your video card, but if it's ATI mach 64 based you can
use something like video=atyfb:vmode:20, cmode:24, and if it's 128 based just
change the atyfb to atyfb128, and boot linux, rerun Xconfigurator. If
Xconfigurator recognises all your vram, then you should be on you're way.
-- Neil Jolly mailto:neil@jolly.ca ---------------------------------------------------------- Got trouble with your X? Try http://www.members.home.net/njolly/xfree86/ ----------------------------------------------------------
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