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farlowella n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:07 am Post subject: X won't run on Blade 150 |
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Hello there,
that's my first posting to this mailing-list. I'm using Linux since early 1992. Last 3 years I spent my hole time in hacking Solaris on different workstations and servers. Now it's time to get back, because my new laptop arrives in a few days
For testing I choosed my Blade 150 with a second hard-drive. I installed gentoo and compiled kernel 2.4.24. XFree86 4.3.0.1 is installed, but won't run. I only got some ugly errors. Oh, I forgot that's a CRT from Sony (E220 - 17") is attached. After running "XFree86 -configure" I added this lines to /etc/X11/XF86Config:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 30-85
VertRefresh 48-120
EndSection
It found the onboard ATI Rage XL, which I want to use. The framebuffer is configured to run at 1024x768@85 and works fine. After starting X with startx my monitor said "Out of range" and does a poweroff. The logfile /var/log/XFree86.log.0 shows this:
(II) ATI(0): Monitor0: Using hsync range of 30.00-85.00 kHz
(II) ATI(0): Monitor0: Using vrefresh range of 48.00-120.00 Hz
(II) ATI(0): Maximum clock: 60.00 MHz
(II) ATI(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
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and so on. Is this maximum clock setting ok ? Doesn't it has to be a clock range ? The monitor specifies a max. dot clock of 220MHz. All default modes aren't used.
Maybe someone can help me to get this running.
cu
Dave |
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muffy n00b
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 28 Location: :noitacoL
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried xf86cfg? This normally starts on fail safe settings.
You should find it in /usr/X11R6/bin |
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CeeBee n00b
Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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try adding:
Code: | Option "reference_clock" "28.636 MHz" |
to the "Device" Section.
worked out for me on a Blade100..
got the Tip from #gentoo-sparc
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farlowella n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Hello there,
thanx to CeeBee: that worked great. Now my maximum clock rate is 121 MHz - and 109 is needed for running 1024x768 !
Maybe this should be added to an FAQ ?
cu
David |
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ciaranm Retired Dev
Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 1719 Location: In Hiding
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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It is in the faq |
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