Upon your suggestion I reviewed my XF86config file and made the changes you had suggested along with a few others and it works. Thank you kevin I can now truly sleep better. :) The changes I made are directly after this message. I ended up modifying the file I got from output of the xf86config console based program. ahhhh relaxed, Ben XFree86 4.2.0 configuration generated by Xconfigurator 4.10.7 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection # Red Hat Linux 6.0 and later use the xfs font server for improved # interactive performance Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection # Module loading section Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-buffering Load "GLcore" # OpenGL support Load "dri" # Direct rendering infrastructure Load "glx" # OpenGL X protocol interface Load "extmod" # Misc. required extensions Load "v4l" # Video4Linux # Load "record" # X event recorder # You only need the following two modules if you do not use xfs. # Load "freetype" # TrueType font handler # Load "type1" # Adobe Type 1 font handler EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" # Modified by mouseconfig Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Dell P990" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0-96.0 VertRefresh 48.0-120.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "3Dlabs Permedia2 (generic)" Driver "glint" BoardName "Unknown" #Option "no_accel" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Linux Frame Buffer" Driver "fbdev" BoardName "Unknown" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "3Dlabs Permedia2 (generic)" Monitor "Dell P990" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection Ben > >I have recently installed gentoo. Everything works fine except that video >card will only display in a very low resolution. So I have these huge >icons and what not in gnome. > >I have ran just about every X configuration tool out(xf86cfg, XFree86 >configure, X -configure) there and the only one that lets my video card >work is xf86cfg > >I know the card will work in higher resolutions because Red Hat ran with it >just fine. >It is a 3DLabs permedia2 with 8mb. I have posted my xf86config file below. > All suggestions are welcome I just want to get this card to work. :) > >thanks, > >Ben > >Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "XFree86 Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >EndSection > >Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" >EndSection > >Section "Module" > Load "record" > Load "extmod" > Load "dbe" > Load "dri" > Load "glx" > Load "xtrap" > Load "type1" > Load "speedo" >EndSection > >Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "keyboard" >EndSection > >Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" >EndSection > >Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Monitor Vendor" > ModelName "Monitor Model" >EndSection > >Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", > ### : "String", : " Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "SWcursor" # [] > #Option "RGBbits" # > #Option "NoAccel" # [] > #Option "BlockWrite" # [] > #Option "FireGL3000" # [] > #Option "Overlay" # [] > #Option "ShadowFB" # [] > #Option "UseFBDev" # [] > #Option "UseFlatPanel" # [] > #Option "VideoKey" # [] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "glint" > VendorName "Texas Instruments" > BoardName "TVP4020 [Permedia 2]" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" >EndSection > >Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" >Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection >EndSection Unless I'm missing something, you don't seem to have any Modelines listed or default modelines selected in the various Display subsections (just color depths). --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss _________________________________________________________________ Tired of slow downloads and busy signals? 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