Adam Weston wrote: this might be too dumb, but how about just asking for someone with your card type to share their working config files? just a wag, jackc... > > (Sorry in advance, this pissy post is the result of extreme frustration) > > I am a new Debian user and have been trying without success to get a working > configuration for X. Every peice of documentation I read is incomplete and > conflicts with some other readme, manpage, faq or howto. I cannot figure out > how to calculate modelines, or if indeed I need to. I am a web developer and > not technically stupid, and I am close to totally giving up. If it's this > difficult for a geek to use Linux, it will never go far as an OS for regular > users :( > > I currently have it running at 640x480/16color/don't know what refresh rate. > I would include the XF86Config but its very large and I would have to copy > it by hand twice because I don't yet know any way to transer files to > Windows. Anyways I'm pretty sure the file is configured wrong and its > working by a fluke. There are about 50 modelines in it, but within X, I > can't change modes at all. I also don't even know if that is the correct > file... > > The manufacturer of the chipset on my video card provides drivers for SuSE, > RedHat, and Mandrake. Will one of these work with Debian? (not that I have > any way to download them) They are found at: > http://www.powervr.com/Downloads.asp > > If anyone can just tell me the steps _ALL of them_ , and the contents of > _EVERY_ file that I have to modify to get a decent > resolution/colordepth/refresh, they will be my hero. Here is all the > relevent information. If anything else is needed I will find it. > > ________________ > __/ MONITOR \_________________________________________ > | | > | Envision N-910e Standard CRT | > | CRT: Size (Diagonal): 19? (48.3cm) | > | (?): FST | > | Viewable Image Size (Diagonal): 18.0? (45.7cm) | > | Pre-set Display Area: 346mm x 260mm | > | Signal Input Video: 0.7Vp-p, RGB analog | > | Compatibility: VESA, XGA, SVGA, VGA | > | Scan Frequency Horizontal: 30K~95KHz | > | Pixel Frequency: 200MHz | > | Max. Resolution: 1600 x 1200 / 75Hz | > | Plug & Play VESA DDC1/2B | > |_____________________________________________________________| > > ______________ > __/ VIDEO CARD \___________________________________________ > | | > | Hercules Prophet 4500 Version 7.89 | > | | > | Video BIOS version: PowerVR KYRO II Bios Rev 01.107 | > | Video RAM: 64 MB | > | Sub system vendor ID: 1681h | > | Board revision: 0h | > |_____________________________________________________________| > > Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. > -Adam > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Craig ImageIntegration 831-684-1375 jackc@imageintegration.com
