On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote: > Dear all, > > I got X setup OK (using XF86Setup), and then set start-xdm in the config > file, but xdm dies horribly (from the error log): > > (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 35.57 kHz. Deleted. > <a bit later> > > (--) Mach64: There is no mode definition named "1024x768" > > Fatal server error: > No valid modes found. > > Now my XF86Config file: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Primary Monitor" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 31.5-31.5,35.15-35.15,35.5-35.5 > VertRefresh 55-90 > Modeline "1024x768" 44.96 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 +hsync > +vsync interlace > EndSection > > These were all made by XF86Setup, and indeed it worked OK when Setup ran > it's little auto-test. > > So why doesn't it work now? and indeed, would fiddling the HorizSync rate > be OK or am I going to blow my monitor?
Well, I went ahead and changed that Horizsync to 35.5-35.6 and it hasn't blown up yet. :) Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/