OK, heres the xorg.conf. I just tried to plug my DVI cord into my monitor and it said it was "out of range". I have a Hanns-G HW191D, I'm gonna look for the max DVI resolution so I know what I can set it for..

..I just looked at Newegg, and they sell it (see here), but it says recommended resolution is 1440x900, which is what I have it on for VGA. I didn't see a different res for DVI. Is this due to the AGP problem possibly?

Hmm...since I don't know where to start as far as this agp section, I could use a little help.

Have you tried running 'xorgsetup' or 'xorgcfg' ? Maybe they will automatically configure it properly. It says in 'man mga' that the driver support hardware acceleration, which is good.

Usually if it says "out of range" it means you haven't defined the HorizSync and VertRefresh rates properly. Usually 'xorgsetup' will detect these, or you can look in the manual to your monitor and set them yourself. I notice you have commented these out in your xorg.conf.

I ran both of them, but to no avail. I found another guy with the same monitor that had a Horiz of 56.1 and a Vert of 60. Tried those, nothing doing. I saw on another site the resolution for the DVI is 1280x1024. Also, according to C|Net, its AGP 4x (see here).

OK, its working now, but I'm having an...awkward problem. I changed my xorg.conf file so it included 1024x768, and it actually started, however, I'm when I take my mouse up to the top of the screen, or either side, it kind of "scrolls" the screen. Like, I'm still using 1440x900 except only looking at a portion of it at one time. It very good graphics though :-D. Know how to solve this one?

Its clear, but I still get the lag. Evidently I am missing something.

So, did you run 'xorgsetup' ? You should at least try it once.

Also, what is the output of it should say .

I did try xorgsetup but I didn't configure anything really. It just said it'd try to detect my card, then it when on about keyboard and mouse config. I'll run it again when home and try to remember the exact output to put on here.

Does the direct rendering have anything to do with the AGP configuration?

I did a search of my uploaded xorg.conf and didnt find any AGP anything.

if your xorg.conf looks like this..

Reverse the resolutions and restart X

the scrolling effect (1280x1024 visible on 1440x900 Desktop) should disappear.

In your xorg.conf "Module" section you may want to try adding Load "dri" to enable direct rendering.

dri troubleshooting

My output is:
I just tried to change it to:

But once again, it said "Input Signal Out of Range". I also tried to use the specific driver "mgag550", but it said there wasn't one. I am beginning to wonder if it is actually reading the card right.

Hello? This may seem trivial to everyone, but I have some work I have to do and I can't do it till I have this fixed.

Can you post the new 'xorg.conf' ?

Try changing the hsync and vrefresh to wider ranges and lower the resolution some, do you really need it that high ?

It looks like it's not using direct rendering, unfortunately I don't know how to enable it, it should already be enabled. Try searching for a way to enable it. (I must go to sleep now)

Why should it say "Yes"? His current card is a Matrox, which I don't think has any 3d acceleration support.

I have a 19" widescreen. The lowest I want to go is 1280x1024.

Heres the new xorg.conf...


BTW-Thanks for responding. I have a lot of stuff I have to get done soon. The sooner this is done, the better.

I see that you don't have any horizsync or vertrefresh rates specified. Many LCD monitors don't like a vertrefresh rate above 60. I'd recommend adding in something like:

HorizSync 30-80
VertRefresh 59-60

Make sure you use the mga driver. Don't worry about direct rendering. It's a Matrox card, and I don't think they have 3d accelerated graphics capability. Even if they do, I doubt mga supports any. AFAIK, only Ati and Intel onboard graphics have 3d capability with the open source drivers.

Also, try reducing the default color depth to 16. The Matrox card you have MIGHT not be able to handle 1440x900 resolution in 24 bit. Maybe. I have some Matrox cards which can't go higher than 1024x768 in 24 bit, but they're really old.

Well, I made most/all of those changes to look in the end like this. Which...didn't work. I made 16 bit the default depth, then added the resolution of 1280x1024. (side note: even the 1024x768 on 16-bit didn't work.)

What now?