Russell, I would like to thank you and everyone else for helping me out. It turns out, after I borrowed a friends windows machine -- that the video card itself is just bad. I first tried his computer (with a GeForce Ti200) with my monitor -- no problems. The second thing I tried was the problem ATI card in his computer. I got the exact same results I had gotten when trying it here in this Linux box. So I guess the card is just bad :( . But that's also good, since that means there is nothing wrong with X! :) Thanks for your help. Before I go back out and buy the exact same kind of card (not that I think this particular card is bad), what would you all recommend for a card? I would prefer below, 200$, of course, and around 100 would be even better. I'm really looking for something that will do DVI/dual head later on, when I can afford a nice LCD monitor. But for now, I'm just looking for something that will do good 2D at 1280x1024, or 1600x1200 with X (and also FB would be nice, you know, why not? :) ). I mainly just work with the computer, not play games. But I do graphics editing and I like to watch films on it, occasionally. I have a few windows games I was going to try out, through WINE, and none of them serious. But other than that nothing too intense (so the latest pixel/texture shader cards are probably overkill unless they just have a good pricetag and comptability). Thanks again for all the help -- you all were very timely and considerate, thanks. -Gryn (Adam Luter) _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
