Re: X server, monitor problems even though monitors are found

From: Godric de Mimsy Porpignions (godricdemimsyporpignions_at_cogeco.ca)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:50:45 -0500

X version = 4.1.0.1
Go see:
http://nic-nac-project.de/~godric/XF86Config.new

Thanks
Godric
"Dances With Crows" <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:slrncvavta.etl.danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@samantha.crow202.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:55:42 -0500, Godric de Mimsy Porpignions
> staggered into the Black Sun and said:
>> I'm having trouble getting it up and running. Here are what I think
>> are the important Hardware facts: 15" Magitronic Monitor GXE64 Pro
>> video Card by number nine (www.nine.com).
>> I'm trying to get it running on Debian 3.0r4
>> Driver: VESA
>
> Wrong. You probably want the "i128" X server, not "vesa", because VESA
> is locked to 60Hz Vrefresh, is slow, and lacks a bunch of useful
> extensions that are present in all the other X servers.
>
>> (EE)Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>> How do I fix this so that the X server works?
>
> You post the version of X you're using first. If you're still using X
> 3.3.6, we need to know because a lot changed between then and now. You
> find out the X version with "X -version". Then you take your xorg.conf
> or XF86Config file, post it on your webspace, and follow up to this
> message with a URL that points to the file you posted. Then someone who
> reads this newsfroup can look at the file and point out exactly what the
> problem is. Then, you make the changes that were suggested, restart X,
> and see if it works. If it doesn't, you post the errors you got,
> someone suggests more stuff, you try it... repeat until it works or you
> get sick of it.
>
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