Re: [tlug] xorg 7.1 and mga card (and possibly Gateway monitor)

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Scott Robbins <scottro@example.com> wrote:

> At this point, I'm trying to determine if monitor or card is the more
> likely culprit for me.

No. 

X or the configuration thereof is your likely culprit. 

The monitor is the least likely culprit. 
_If_ the monitor is the culprit, it would be by: 
1. Reporting abilities that it does not actually support, or
2. Having to degraded to not being able to support the abilities 
   that it was designed for. 
Quite frankly, neither of those is likely. 
When configuring X, do keep in mind that many or most LCDs 
will _not_ work at high scan rates. 
Many LCDs are most happy at 60Hz. 
Try specifying to X a generic 1024x768 LCD monitor. 

The card is the next least likely culprit. 
For the most part, they either work or don't work. 
Since your card is not completely dead, it's probably OK.