Glen,
Thanks for the info. I tried your XF86Config file (much cleaner than
mine!!!), and same problem. I looked through mine, and couldn't find any
reference to FBDev, which is what I suppose is the suspect. Should I try to
use the FBDev, or would it just create more havoc?
Also, can anyone explain why there are two related directories for X? One in
/etc/X11, and one in usr/X11R6/lib/X11 (with many links pointing to the
/etc/X11 directory).
Thanks,
Doug
On Monday 30 April 2001 19:32, you wrote:
> Sounds like you are using the framebuffer driver in the kernel. This is
> bad, as those things tend to get flakey with X and vice versa. When X is
> running, it'll screw up the console display and sometimes they won't fix
> after X is killed. I follow Paul Foster's credo concerning framebuffer
> drivers: don't use them. I have a voodoo3 3000 (same chipset as the
> banshee), and it works great. (I've ogl framerates OVER 240fps in tests).
>
> I put my XF86Config file at http://members.acer-access.com/gurensan. I've
> changed monitors since then, but this file should drop right in.
>
> Glen
>
> On Sunday 29 April 2001 22:45, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Diamond Monster Fusion Video card (VooDoo Banshee
> > chip) and a Phillips 107S monitor. I have tried getting
> > XFree86 4.0.3 to work in both Redhat 7.1 and Mandrake 8.0
> > clean installs with the same results in both. Both the card
> > and the monitor are found correctly by the install. However,
> > when I try to startx, things get weird (using KDE). Hard to
> > explain exactly, but here goes: X starts, but everything is
> > extremely grainy, the background, icons, everything. The
> > cursor looks like a fuzzy rectangle. The K menu is about
> > 1/8" wide, and all icons in it (and on the desktop) are
> > unreadable. I use the cntrl-alt-backspace to get back to a
> > command prompt, and I think it does... but the screen is now
> > a jumble of many colors. Pressing alt+F2 through alt+F6
> > reveals that all terminals look the same way. But commands
> > are accepted... So, I use cntrl-alt-del to reboot.
> > I have tried Xconfigurator, and I have manually edited the
> > XF86Config file, and even tried the xfree86config (sp?)
> > tool, all to no avail. Thanks for any help!
> >
> >
> > Douglas W Koobs MCSE
> > Network Engineer
> > Dimension Networks, Inc
-- Douglas W Koobs MCSE Network Engineer Dimension Networks, Inc
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