On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Charles Moon wrote: > > > I have a Sony Vaio Laptop PCG-FXA59 with a 1400 x 1050 native display > > > powered by an ATI Rage Mobility M1 AGP adapter. When I attempted to > > > install RedHat 8.0, the anaconda graphical setup correctly probed > > > the ATI chip, but returned "unknown" for monitor. At that point a > > > small white square appeared in the upper left corner of the screen > > > and intermittent flashes of color appeared over the screen. The > > > only way out was to shutdown. After using the text based upgrade > > > over a fully functioning installation of RH 7.2, when I tried to > > > start the x server [startx] the exact same screen abberation > > > happened. Upon further testing I have discovered I can get the LCD > > > display to work IF when I start the
> > Try 'Option "NoCompositeSync"' in the XF86Config's device section. > Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work. Then please send me /var/log/XFree86.0.log, after an attempt to run the server with -logverbose 4 after a power-down/reboot sequence. I can't promise I'll be able to resolve this issue (due to remote debugging considerations et al.), but I'm willing to give it a shot. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
