From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hmqsf-0006DX-7W for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 May 2007 12:39:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4CCbkJO023045; Sat, 12 May 2007 12:37:46 GMT Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk (pfepa.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.235]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4CCVuju014498 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 12:31:56 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.102] (x1-6-00-18-39-90-06-49.k235.webspeed.dk [80.162.44.44]) by pfepa.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B77BFAC01A for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 14:31:55 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4645B3BA.2070504@omesc.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 14:31:54 +0200 From: Johannes Skov Frandsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070511) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X References: <4644DF02.5080502@omesc.com> <02e101c7941d$9d36df90$1166e547@nebo> <2fcf3fa50705112241s3b1acfbbqaeeb277a11f4f680@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2fcf3fa50705112241s3b1acfbbqaeeb277a11f4f680@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 31186c85-6f4b-42c5-b3bf-c97627a19602 X-Archives-Hash: 68b9499ab4857ccec14741372a72a63c Hi everybody Well the xorg server downgrade did not help either, so I abandon the cloesed source drivers from Ati and went on to try to install my S3 onboard savage graphic processor. This work almost instantly without any problems except for the fact that I experienced a lot of areas on the screen that was updated out of sync with the rest of the screen. Deciding that I could not work with that I tried the open source drivers for the ati card. I followed this guide: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_DRI_with_ATi_Open-Source_Drivers and added these lines to my make.conf: INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" VIDEO_CARDS="savage radeon" reinstalled my x-server and tried to start x. This failed. I then spent one hour or so tweaking xorg.conf and about 10 minutes ago I finally found a combination that seems to work. I still can't get max resolution for my monitor (1920*1200) but everything else seems to work to a degree that I can live with for now. Thanks for all the pointers and advices. It's very nice to have a community to help when you stumble along with your Linux installation. Joe Francisco Rivas wrote: > Johannes, > > It is a good idea try with other version of the xorg. please post > something about your experience. > > > Currently I'm supporting the theory that Young Sun is right, and that > the problem is the version of Xorg. > > Tomorrow I will try to uninstall the compiled drivers from ati and > try > the open source drivers. If that doesn't work > I'm feeling inclined to buy a new nvidia card instead. > > Maybe I could also try to make the onboard S3 savage card work, > although I have never been a big fan of > graphic cards with shared memory. > > Thanks again for all the help.... > > Johannes > > > -- > > -- > Francisco Rivas > Linux User (New) : #448324 > Linux Machine (New) : 355187 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list