Help with xFree86
I have had mandrake 9. 0 installed in my VAIO laptop for some time now. For reasons I don't want to get into, I have had to reinstall both windows and mandrake. For some reason now I am having trouble getting X to work properly.
I have had mandrake 9.0 installed in my VAIO laptop for some time now. For reasons I don't want to get into, I have had to reinstall both windows and mandrake. For some reason now I am having trouble getting X to work properly. I have my video card selected correctly and my monitor set as a flat panel 1280x1024.
When I start X, the screen flashes. There is a white box in the top left corner. After a few seconds and gnome loads I can make out the taskbar but it's stretched to about half of the screen.
I examined the config file and tried disabling glx and some other stuff to no avail. I don have the config file on me right now but I did notice one of the lines in it appears to be setting a resolution of 1024x4xx (some number in the 400s). It is the section right above where it sets the video resolution. Is this normal?
If that isn't the problem any idea what it might be? I could post my config file tonight if that would be of help.
Thanks
When I start X, the screen flashes. There is a white box in the top left corner. After a few seconds and gnome loads I can make out the taskbar but it's stretched to about half of the screen.
I examined the config file and tried disabling glx and some other stuff to no avail. I don have the config file on me right now but I did notice one of the lines in it appears to be setting a resolution of 1024x4xx (some number in the 400s). It is the section right above where it sets the video resolution. Is this normal?
If that isn't the problem any idea what it might be? I could post my config file tonight if that would be of help.
Thanks
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I would suggest posting the XFree86 config file, so the experts can help better. Also, what model Vaio is it? I have read about issues with Intel video on some Vaio laptops.
Have you tried a screen of 1024X768?
Also look at the specs for the monitor and see if the horiz. and vertical rates are correct. But it seems that you get some video & no error messages, where X won't start at all, and if it is not flickering, that the screen resolution may be the issue.
Have you tried a screen of 1024X768?
Also look at the specs for the monitor and see if the horiz. and vertical rates are correct. But it seems that you get some video & no error messages, where X won't start at all, and if it is not flickering, that the screen resolution may be the issue.
Quote:I would suggest posting the XFree86 config file, so the experts can help better. Also, what model Vaio is it? I have read about issues with Intel video on some Vaio laptops.
Have you tried a screen of 1024X768?
Also look at the specs for the monitor and see if the horiz. and vertical rates are correct. But it seems that you get some video & no error messages, where X won't start at all, and if it is not flickering, that the screen resolution may be the issue.
Yes, I have tried that screen resolution and all the available resolutions down to 800x600. My VAIO is a PCG-FXA59 running an ATI graphics card. Here is my config file.
The following lines look suspicious to me:
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
Code:
Have you tried a screen of 1024X768?
Also look at the specs for the monitor and see if the horiz. and vertical rates are correct. But it seems that you get some video & no error messages, where X won't start at all, and if it is not flickering, that the screen resolution may be the issue.
Yes, I have tried that screen resolution and all the available resolutions down to 800x600. My VAIO is a PCG-FXA59 running an ATI graphics card. Here is my config file.
The following lines look suspicious to me:
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
Code:
# File generated by XFdrake.# **********************************************************************# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of# this file.# **********************************************************************Section "Files" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1"EndSectionSection "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)EndSectionSection "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layerEndSectionSection "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "Keyboard" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" ""EndSectionSection "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"EndSectionSection "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Generic" ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024" HorizSync 31.5-67 VertRefresh 50-75 # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)? # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616EndSectionSection "Device" Identifier "device1" BoardName "ATI Rage Mobility" Driver "ati" Option "DPMS"EndSectionSection "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024" EndSubsectionEndSectionSection "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1"EndSection
Wow, this is a little over my head! What I did do is a search on Google using Linux VAIO PCG-FXA59 and found issues with the ATI graphics, just as you noted. You may want to nose around to see if anyone found a fix. Laptops can be a challenge with Linux. The stats in you config file do look odd. You may need to configure X manually, but I forget how to do this (it has been a while).
Any xfree86 gurus out there?
Any xfree86 gurus out there?