Re: Update

From: Andreas Tretow (andreas.tretow-ng_at_gmx.de)
Date: 09/23/03 

Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:09:19 +0200

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:33:42 +0200, Ton Machielsen wrote:

> Andreas Tretow wrote:
>
>> Have you checked your monitor settings? Consider posting your
>> /etc/X11/XF86Config.
>
> Here ya go!
>
> # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name
> of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "fbdevhw"
> Load "glx"
> Load "record"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "type1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))

[snip standard comments]

> #
> Identifier "Keyboard0"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "es"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
> Identifier "DevInputMice"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> ModelName "Generic High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
> Option "dpms"
> EndSection

Looks good to me.

>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Videocard0"
> Driver "i810"
> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> BoardName "Intel 845"
> VideoRam 65536
> EndSection

According to Acer's German site, this controller allows up to 32MB
dynamically allocated Video RAM. I couldn't find information pertaining
this on either the UK nor the US site. So, make absolutely sure that you
may specify 64MB or change it to 32MB.

In case you know a little German have a look at this:
http://www.acer.de/vi/page9.do-dau34.oid=2192&UserCtxParam=0&GroupCtxParam=0&dctx1=9&ctx1=DE&crc=2895294130.htm

> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Videocard0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16

Change DefaultDepth to 24 and add the following lines:

        Subsection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubsection

[You may also add these modes to Depth 16]

> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Group 0
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
> In the Monitor section i selected the Generic Laptop Display 1024x768
> too, makes no difference.
> In the Screen section, when i change DefaultDepth to 8 it works fine in
> 1024x768 but only with 256 colors. If i change this to 16 i get 640x480.
>
> I hope someone can help me out on this one.
>
> Ton.

Do your changes directly to this file using your favourite editor and
startx again. In case you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask.

HTH
Andreas

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