Hi-
I'm using XFree86 and when I start Xconfigurator it automatically pops up a box saying
that "Probing found a TG9660" or something similar to that.
-Thomas
>Tom:
>
>Are you using metro-x and how did you get it to recognize the TGUI9660 ?
>
>Mike
>
>Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
>Resident Physiatrist - R3
>Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
>Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
>Philadelphia, PA, 19026
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Thomas B. Underhill [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, May 25, 1998 3:14 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: problems with configuring my xserver on rh5
>
>Hi-
>
>I have been putting up with 640x480 8bpp resolution in Redhat 5 for a =
>couple months now. No matter what I try to change it to in =
>Xconfigurator, I can't get X to open if I set it to anything other than =
>640x480 8bpp. I have a 4mb Trident TG9660 Vid Card and a 17" Sony =
>Trinitron Monitor which is branded under the Sun name. In Windoze95 it =
>automatically configures my system with a 17SF sony monitor and trident =
>tg9660 vid card. In windoze, I can also use resolutions up to 1024x768 =
>at 32bpp. The redhat xconfigurator probes my video card and determines =
>the model with no problems and then when it probes the card for its =
>memory and chipset it provides me of a default setting which is: =
>1024x768 32bpp...the problem is this never works and i end up having to =
>reconfigure my x by not probing the vid card and choosing the 640x480 =
>8bpp option. I know that the monitor is capable of 1024x768 as it was =
>used on SPARC5's and 20's at my old job and worked fine at high =
>resolution. It also works fine in windoze. I've read t=0D
>
>he manual for the monitor and tried configuring the settings manually =
>using the refresh rates, but the only resolution that works is 640x480. =
>When I try starting X after configuring it at high resolution and high =
>color mode, one of the following happens: my screen goes blank and =
>nothing happens, or the screen appears but shakes badly where i can't =
>read anything, the screen flashes a couple times and then it goes into =
>power save mode, or the x server crashes with varying error messages. I =
>just don't know what I need to edit in the config file by hand to get it =
>working.=20
>
>Any help or suggestions would be *greatly* appreciated!
>
>Thanks!
>Thomas
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