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slackware 11; 2.4 kernel, 30 khz * 70 hz monitor, saphire radeon 1600 512mb etc etc
this morning I decided to try and get my mouse wheel working. long story short I screwed up my xorg.config to the point I could only get monotone 640*480 desktop, and decided to reinstall my already cantakerous ati drivers ( ATI Proprietary Linux x86 Display Driver 8.42.3, which is the last one that works with kernel 2.4).
now, after some extensive troubleshooting i'm finding that, when I first install the drivers ( with aticonfig --initital, which has to be double -- or it doesnt find the xorg.conf for some reason) I got my normal desktop back.
However; after the first and only restart ( to try and fix my mouse), my monitor flips up the "Out of Range" 26.8 khz X 25hz but my funky KDE startup music goes off, so I assume the desktop is actually loading.
nowhere in xorgconfig or any other config files i've been messing with is that refresh/sync rate mentioned, so i'm guessing its either a default ati whatsit, or i'm missing a config file that overrides such pleasantries.
what makes me truly baffled is that at one point there was no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 at all ( tried everything), and startx worked fine immediately after the ati driver was installed, then fluffed to out of range when it stopped.
anyone have the slightest clue as what is causing this?
pls find enclosed my xorg.conf with crappy formatting thanks to my Windaes laptop
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
# The Identifier line must be present
# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.
# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
# This loads the font modules
# This loads the GLX module
# Load "dri"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 31.0 - 31.0
VertRefresh 70.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
love
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p.s.
after copying and removing xorg.conf and doing startx, it tried 90khz x60hz , still got the loading music
pps.
it appears that the refresh rate /sync ratee is entirely arbitrary, if I so much as look at xorg.conf it will try a different one, almost every time.
beginning to really despise ati codemonkeys, even if it is my fault somehow.
