prad wrote: > this is on an older machine 450MHz with 128M ram and 3D rage card - > working off an lcd monitor for whom i've had to set > horizsync 30-35 > vertrefresh 50-100 > (or it tries to overshoot the monitor's capabilities and the screen > locks up with an outofrange error for the horizsync. > > everything installed fine, but even with the following in xorg.conf: > > driver set to ati > defaultdepth to 16 > modes "1024x768" "800x600" > > it comes up as 640x480 > > also, i need to > exec xterm& > > before going into lxde or the cursor doesn't show up. > > i've already pacmaned > xf86-video-r128 (rage driver) > xf86-video-ati (ati driver) > > it works fine in 640x480 (though a bit rough), but it would be nice to > get at least 800x600. > Prad, Here is my xorg.conf I am using with arch and a couple of older ATI cards. You can just comment out the radeonhd driver and uncomment the radeon driver. I don't think your card will be supported by the radeonhd driver. Using EXA Acceleration will also help speed things up. Good luck, here is the link: http://www.3111skyline.com/download/linux/radeonhd/xorg.conf -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
