Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ATI X trouble, again

[Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>]

Jesús Guerrero writes:

> On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:47:44 +0200, Alex Schuster <wonko@wonkology.org>
> wrote:

> What kind of blank is it? Do you see the mouse pointer at least? Do the
> monitor(s) stay on or do they go into standby mode?

The monitors complain about bad frequencies. The TFT then enters standby 
mode, the CRT continues trying to show something, but I only see the 
"frequency out of range" message.

> I've had issues with
> radeon in the past, and after asking in the mailing list it seemed like
> some issue with my AGP card. Some developer suggested to try this in the
> xorg.conf file and it worked for me:
> 
>   Option      "BusType" "PCIE"
> 
> And yes, it's an AGP card. The logic behind this is out of my
> understanding. You can see the thread here:
> 
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.xorg.drivers.ati/10628/ma
> tch=i92guboj

Tried that, but it did not help.

> If you have problems with the radeon (not fglrx or radeonhd) driver, I
> suggest posting to that list. It's probably the best place to get help if
> the standard procedures do not work.

Thanks! I will do that.

	Wonko