Kai Haberzettl wrote:
>
> Michel D�nzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 17:22, Kai Haberzettl wrote:
> >
> >> I am running a fixed frequency Monitor (HP A1097C) with a special
> >> Graphics-Card from <http://si87.com> with Permedia2-chipset. I am
> >> running a SuSE Linux-Distribution.
> >>
> >> I am running 3.3.6 without any problem (under Linux). Every attempt at
> >> transfering the setup (with modelines etc.) to 4.0.2 fails
> >> miserably. The server starts but the picture is badly scrambled.
> >>
> >> My working Config-file for 3.3.6 is here:
> >> <http://www.khaberz.de/XF86Config.txt>
> >>
> >> The one I'm trying to use for 4.0.2 is here:
> >> <http://www.khaberz.de/XF86Config-4.txt>
> >>
> >> Has anything particular changed between versions that could cause this
> >> problem?
> >
> > One thing is that the X server now has built-in modes, and it uses the
> > best one which fits into the constraints defined in Section "Monitor". So
> > make sure those reflect your monitor's abilities (it's better to specifiy
> > small ranges rather than fixed values to account for floating point
> > inaccuracies).
>
> Sorry, I'm not sure I understand you correctly here, but I already
> have ranges for HorizSync and VertRefresh.
Yes, and they are huge. But you say the monitor is fixed frequency, so
something must be wrong.
In particular, I suspect the server doesn't use your custom mode but a default
one with higher resfresh rate, which your monitor doesn't grok. To prevent
that either adjust Section "Monitor" to reflect your monitor's abilities
accurately or name your custom mode differently so the server can't choose
another mode.
PS: This is an educated guess, no more but no less either. :)
--
Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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