Weird "jerkiness" in display Mandrake 9.2
 

Ok, long time prowler and usually I find my answers with a search but this time I'm beat.

I have a Diamond Stealth III 32MB Video Card
and a MAG INNOVISION LT865B Monitor (Flat panel that maxs out at 1280 x 1024)

I have manually set my refresh rates -Vert & Horz to numerous settings.... but my display still seems to bounce and jerk randomly. Its useable but my lord the headaches! The display has jaggies around all the edges. I have sat and tried every MAG monitor listed in the control center driver lists and found one that seems to bounce the least but its still a problem. I cannot find a driver that is specific to my monitor. Right now I have XF86Config file using a refresh rate that works under windows but still my display is pretty hard to look at for more than 15 minutes.

Anybody have any ideas? If I take it down to 800 x 600 its okay but a waste of an 18.1 monitor

Here's my XF86Config file (The top of it anyway)
Any ideas/ Help would be greatly appreciated

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbModel "pc105"
XkbLayout "en_US"
XkbOptions ""
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/usbmouse"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "MAG Technology Co., Ltd."
ModelName "MAG InnoVision MX21NT"
HorizSync 79.9
VertRefresh 75

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 79.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

# This is a set of standard mode timings. Modes that are out of monitor spec
# are automatically deleted by the server (provided the HorizSync and
# VertRefresh lines are correct), so there's no immediate need to
# delete mode timings (unless particular mode timings don't work on your
# monitor). With these modes, the best standard mode that your monitor
# and video card can support for a given resolution is automatically
# used.
"XF86Config" [readonly] 259L, 10059C 1,1 Top
:Pengy:

Good Times with my Mandrake 9.2 machine
 

well I didn't get any help here.... I just kaked my whole machine--Rebuilt it -but low and behold I figured it on my own.... had to set XF86Config-4 to use one specific refresh rate and lie about my video card....MASSIVE TRIAL AND ERROR....

*Thank god for my main XP PC so I could reference valid refresh rates*

Finally my NVIDIA FX 5200 128MB video card did SOMETHING usefully....it sure sucks for Neverwinter or VIce CIty.

:rolleyes:


Ryan Atkins