Hi all! Peter was right. I found the 1152 resolution under "Expert Mode". Something that bothers me still is the fact that I wasn't able to get the same refresh rates as in Windows (my monitor OSD shows the horizontal sync and refresh being used) for that resolution. Any ideas?
Thanks, C. --- Cidadão Dorense <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Thanks Peter! > > I'll try the Expert Mode tonight. > BTW, I wasn't presented with a choice of X3 or X4 at > install time, so I hope it is X4... > > Regards, > Cid. > > --- Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escreveu: > > On Wednesday 30 Jan 2002 13:07, Cidadão Dorense > > wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > > > I'm currently running Mdk 8.1 in a Dell machine > > with a > > > ATI (MACH 64) video card and a P990 Monitor. Mdk > > upon > > > istallation doesn't present me with an 1152x864 > > > resolution option; it jumps from 1024x768 to > > > 1280x1024. > > > > It will probably offer 1152x864 if you click > "Expert > > Mode" and then "Show > > All" in Mandrake Control Centre. > > > > > > > > The 1152 option is the best resolution for me, > > since > > > the 1280 one flickers a little bit. I used 1152 > > for a > > > long time in Caldera OL. > > > > > > Well, observing the list I got to know the > XFree86 > > > -configure option and tryied that as root, > saving > > the > > > file to /root/XF86Config. Then, I tryied XFree86 > > > -xf86configfile /root/XF86Config and it brought > up > > X > > > in the desired resolution, although no Window > > Manager > > > came up, just raw X. > > > > Save your working XF86Config or XF86Config-4 to > > *.save and keep them in > > /etc/X11. > > > > > > Then, if I reboot, it doesn't go in runlevel 5 > > > anymore, the logs telling that /root/XF86Config > > > contain errors (??). How did the default boot > got > > > pointed to /root/XF86Config if I only tested it > > with > > > the -xf86configfile option? > > > > > > Also, the Mandrake generated XF86Config file > > contain > > > modelines for the monitor; since X release 4+ > > doesn't > > > require that, I tryied to remove those lines but > > it > > > complains. And in /etc/X11 there are XF86Config > > and > > > XF86Config-4 files. Caldera used the "-4" file, > > where > > > Mdk seems to be using the one without the > "-4"... > > This > > > is a lot disturbing. > > > > > If you're using XFree3 Mandrake will use > > /etc/X11/XF86Config. > > If you're using XFree4 Mandrake will use > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. > > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Cid. > > > > > > ===== > > > "It said it uses Windows 95 or better, so I > loaded > > Linux!" > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > >________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities > > > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua > > home page no Yahoo! > > > GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! > > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux-users mailing list - > > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests > > are located at the > > > above URL. > > > > -- > > Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. AMD Athlon XP > 1600+, > > 512MB RAM. > > Registered Linux User 219434. Mandrake Linux > > release 8.1 (Vitamin) > > Kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk-win4lin, XFree86 4.1.0, > patch > > level 21mdk. > > KDE: 2.2.2. Qt: 2.3.2. Up 7 hours 1 minute. > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-users mailing list - > > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests > are > > located at the above URL. > > ===== > "It said it uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded > Linux!" > > _______________________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! GeoCities > Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home > page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! > http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list - > http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are > located at the above URL. ===== "It said it uses Windows 95 or better, so I loaded Linux!" _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
