Re: xf86config for Radeon??

From: gemaeuer (gemaeuer_at_spam.web.de)
Date: 10/13/03 

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:03:45 +0200

Greg Courville wrote:

> I'm trying to set-up my ATI Radeon 7500 (AGP) with Redhat 9.0 with little
> success.
> Any time I select a resolution above 640x480 (eg 1024x768) the monitor
> gets driven at 31hz x 60hz, 640x480, and I get this stupid scrolling
> "virtual-desktop" mode. I'm not sure if this is happening at the hardware
> level (maybe the card itself is doing it) or if this is something X is
> doing. The monitor I'm using is quite capable of resolutions greater than
> 1280x1024 (although I don't usually push it that far).
> Has anybody had success using the 7500 with Xfree86? Please post your
> XF86config!
>
> Thanks.
> -Greg Courville

not sure if I can help, but with my 9700 I got a similar problem. everytime
when I wrote more than one resolutions in the config:

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1024x768" "1152x864" "1280x960"
        ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
    EndSubsection

then I got the virtual desktop with the "1024x768" visible and the
"1280x960" virtual. even if I said NO virtual desktop. now I'm using this
subsection:

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1152x864"
        ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
# Virtual 1280 1024
    EndSubsection

and I've got my "1152x864" with no virtual crap.
perhabs it's the same in your "XF86Config-4".

by the way, I used the 7500 before and it worked like a charm. I could play
quake3, watch movies change resolution and so on.

greetings
rainer