Am 09. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Joe and Colleen Huber so:
Try adding the following to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 in the 'screen' section.
You should already have some of those lines, so just add the ones that are
missing :).
###
# DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
###
You might also need to specify the DefaultDepth parameter. Just uncomment
( remove the # at the front ) that line to activate it. Each of the
'Depth' lines are valid, so reduce from 24 if you need.
What driver do you have specified in the 'Device' section?
Are you running with a 2.4 or a 2.6 kernel?
Once again, especially since X is somewhat working, I suggest making a
copy of the current configuration file before changing it. You might
consider checking it in with RCS, so you can track changes over time and
pull out old copies.
Check out my guide to RCS if you're not familiar with the tool.
https://www.LuftHans.com/unix/
apt-get install rcs # :)
ciao,
der.hans
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 03:30:16 -0700 (MST)
> > From: "der.hans" <PLUGd@LuftHans.com>
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: ATI Radeon X300 SE
> > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> >
> > Am 05. Jan, 2005 schw=E4tzte Joe and Colleen Huber so:
> >
> > > Anyone gotten an ATI Radeon X300 SE to work? The best I can seem to get
> i=
> > s a
> > > grey screen with a "X" that moves about in response to mouse movement
> aft=
> > er
>
>
> <<cut>>
>
> >
> > Kill off X and try 'X -configure'.
> >
> > /etc/init.d/gdm stop
> > /etc/init.d/kdm stop
> >
> > The former is for a GNOME setup and the latter for KDE.
> >
> > 'X -configure' will tell you what to do. I suggest making a backup of your
> > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file, just in case. If you don't know how to use RCS
> > I suggest just tacking the date on the file to the filename.
> >
> > For instance:
> >
> > # ls -l /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3398 2004-08-09 01:30 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> > # cp -p /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.09Aug2004
> >
>
> Have made some progress but seem to be stuck with a different problem at
> this point...
>
> The display gets "stuck" in a certain resolution. Installing the OS from
> scratch then running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 will exit with the
> highest resolution I select (I've had it up to1152x864 with no problem) but
> then if I try and change it scrambles the screen... sort of like
> un-adjusting the horizontal and vertical hold on TVs of long ago. Any
> subsequent attempt to run it (refconfig) doesn't help (once that happens I
> can manage to get to 800x640 where I get stuck).
>
> I've tried adding modelines to XF86Config-4 (with values specified by an
> online generator) although as of X v 4.0 they aren't suppose to be needed.
> In a moment of frustration today I installed from scratch again and have a
> screen resolution of 1024x768. At this point I'm afraid to mess with it (and
> installing linux from scratch everytime I want to change the screen
> resolution doesn't seem like a workable long term solution). Can anyone tell
> me what I might be doing wrong here??
>
> joe
>
> > ciao,
> >
> > der.hans
> > --=20
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