On Thursday 28 February 2008 21:47:35 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards > > > > and monitors, > > > > > I use it here at work during kickstart installs. > > > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > > Identifier "Default Layout" > > > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > > > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > > > EndSection > > > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "Keyboard0" > > > Driver "kbd" > > > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > > > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > > > EndSection > > > > > > Section "Device" > > > Identifier "Videocard0" > > > Driver "vesa" > > > EndSection > > > > > > Section "Screen" > > > Identifier "Screen0" > > > Device "Videocard0" > > > DefaultDepth 24 > > > SubSection "Display" > > > Viewport 0 0 > > > Depth 24 > > > Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > > > EndSubSection > > > EndSection > > > > Hi, Ross. Thanks for that. It got me in, but at a horrid > > 800x600, so I ran > > system-config-display, setting it to generic 1280x1024, and > > leaving the vesa > > driver. Then I got > > > > "out of range > > H.Frequency: 75KHZ > > V.Frequency: 60HZ" > > > > Back into vi, and set the refresh rates, and eureka! I'm > > back in business. > > Is it worth trying the nv driver again, or should I leave well alone? > > > > Thanks for the help. That config is going to be printed out for > > my "Emergencies" file. :-) > > I really don't see a real need to use any of the stock drivers > that ship with Linux since if you really want to use the > acceleration features of the card you need the manufacturer > drivers and libraries, so I always default to vesa. Maybe if > your card doesn't support vesa (which don't these days?) or > want multi-monitor support only you would use a stock driver > but that's all I can think of > I've not felt the need for the proprietary drivers, as I don't use any 3D, so you could be right. Maybe I'll stick with this, for now at least. Thanks again Anne
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