[arch-general] resolution stuck at 640x480
this is on an older machine 450MHz with 128M ram and 3D rage card - working off an lcd monitor for whom i've had to set horizsync 30-35 vertrefresh 50-100 (or it tries to overshoot the monitor's capabilities and the screen locks up with an outofrange error for the horizsync. everything installed fine, but even with the following in xorg.conf: driver set to ati defaultdepth to 16 modes "1024x768" "800x600" it comes up as 640x480 also, i need to exec xterm& before going into lxde or the cursor doesn't show up. i've already pacmaned xf86-video-r128 (rage driver) xf86-video-ati (ati driver) it works fine in 640x480 (though a bit rough), but it would be nice to get at least 800x600. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's
prad wrote:
this is on an older machine 450MHz with 128M ram and 3D rage card - working off an lcd monitor for whom i've had to set horizsync 30-35 vertrefresh 50-100 (or it tries to overshoot the monitor's capabilities and the screen locks up with an outofrange error for the horizsync.
everything installed fine, but even with the following in xorg.conf:
driver set to ati defaultdepth to 16 modes "1024x768" "800x600"
it comes up as 640x480
also, i need to exec xterm&
before going into lxde or the cursor doesn't show up.
i've already pacmaned xf86-video-r128 (rage driver) xf86-video-ati (ati driver)
it works fine in 640x480 (though a bit rough), but it would be nice to get at least 800x600.
Prad, Here is my xorg.conf I am using with arch and a couple of older ATI cards. You can just comment out the radeonhd driver and uncomment the radeon driver. I don't think your card will be supported by the radeonhd driver. Using EXA Acceleration will also help speed things up. Good luck, here is the link: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/radeonhd/xorg.conf -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
prad schrieb:
this is on an older machine 450MHz with 128M ram and 3D rage card - working off an lcd monitor for whom i've had to set horizsync 30-35 vertrefresh 50-100 (or it tries to overshoot the monitor's capabilities and the screen locks up with an outofrange error for the horizsync.
Please attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Without that, nobody can help.
everything installed fine, but even with the following in xorg.conf:
driver set to ati defaultdepth to 16 modes "1024x768" "800x600"
it comes up as 640x480
also, i need to exec xterm&
before going into lxde or the cursor doesn't show up.
i've already pacmaned xf86-video-r128 (rage driver) xf86-video-ati (ati driver)
I think some 3D rage cards are not r128, but mach64, so you need to install that too - details will also be visible in the xorg logfile.
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