On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 09:28:46AM -0700, Marc Aurele La France wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Bill Swingle wrote: > > > > > This laptop has what purports to be a ATI 3D Rage Mobility-M1 graphics > > > > chip in it. It's supposed to be able to do 1400x1050. I was able to do > > > > this resolution at 16bpp with 3.3.6 but it was slow as mud when moving > > > > windows, etc. > > > > > Running "XFree86 -xf86config path/to/XF86Config-4.2.1" creates this > > > > madness on the screen: > > > > http://dub.net/vaio/screen.jpg > > > > > As a side note before composing this email I checked out xf-4_2_99_3 and > > > > tried to build it but the build died all three times I tried. The > > > > world.log has crazy binary output at the bottom of it. Anyone that wants > > > > to look at that can find it here: http://dub.net/vaio/world.log.gz > > > > > I'm going to attempt to build the newly tagged 4.2.99.4 and I'll repost > > > > if I have any luck with that. > > > > That's a good idea. If that doesn't work, re-run the server with > > > -logverbose 4 and send me the (large) log. > > > I'm still trying to build 4.2.99.4 and I'll let you know how that goes. > > In the mean time the new verose log is at : > > http://dub.net/vaio/XFree86.0.log > > This log shows that you are being bitten by a bug I have fixed since > 4.2.1. The workaround is to specify Option "LcdSync" in the device > section of your XF86Config.
That did it! Thanks so much! I'm now the proud user of a 1400x1050, 24 bit display. It's nice and fast too! -Bill -- -=| Bill Swingle - <unfurl@(dub.net|freebsd.org)> -=| Every message PGP signed -=| Fingerprint: C1E3 49D1 EFC9 3EE0 EA6E 6414 5200 1C95 8E09 0223 -=| "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" Pablo Picasso
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