Re: RH 6.2 install causes screen to explode

[Peter Evans <peter@example.com>]

Tobias Dietrich:

> The Trident Cyber 9xxx should be supported by both XFree 3.3 and
> XFree 4. I have the same chipset in my notebook (Well I don't know
> if it's a 9382, I can't verify that at the moment, but it is a 
> Trident Cyber 9xxx).

There are many different 9xxx; I suspect that most differences among
them are trivial, but I hadn't intended to rely on that assumption.

> However with XFree 3.3 I had some trouble getting it to work
> because you had to specify the right timings.

You mean, refresh rates?  I had them written down and ready to serve up,
too. (No, that'd be refresh rates for the screen rather than the video,
I suppose. Well, in effect video and screen make up an indivisible
package.)

Norman Diamond:

> My Trident 9385 chip was recognized correctly by XFree 3.x but
> I had to edit XFree86Config to push the vertical refresh rate 
> down to 60Hz.

Hmm. Is there some Linux analogue of the not entirely ridiculous feature
of Windows whereby you can specify a bog standard SVGA (or even VGA) video
card and monitor combo at first, and then twiddle with the settings
later?

Gawd, I have to go back to work. (I can't decide if my official responsibilities
are more or less useful/frustrating than not quite managing to install
Linux!)


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Peter "not so Qt" Evans peter@example.com