[ltp] X

[David Del Debbio]

Hi there:

I am hoping someone out there is running X with an a22p laptop using the 
r128 driver.  I am using XFree 4.2.1 and I am only running Linux on the 
laptop.

I did:

XF86Config -configure

and I got a working XFree86 at 1600x1200.  I tried to change it to 1280x1024 
lower resolution to no avail.

I keep getting horizontal scroll down the middle of the screen.

Here is my /etc/X11/XF86Config:

Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier      "XFree86 Configured"
     Screen     0    "Screen0" 0 0
     InputDevice      "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
     InputDevice      "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
End Section

Section "Files"
     RgbPath       "/usr/X11R6/lib/rgb"
     ModulePath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
     FontPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
     Load "extmod"
     Load "xie"
     Load "pex5"
     Load "dri"
     Load "dbe"
     Load "record"
     Load "xtrap"
     Load "glx"
     Load "speedo"
     Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier "Keyboard0"
     Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
     Identifier "Mouse0"
     Driver      "mouse"
     Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
     Option      "Device" "dev/psaux"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
     Identifier  "Monitor0"
     VendorName  "Monitor Vendor"
     ModelName   "Monitor Model"
     HorizSync   30-100
     VertRefresh 50-150

Section "Device"
     ###Available Driver options are:-
     ###Values: <i>: integer. <f>:float. <bool>: "True"/"False"
     ###<string>: "String". <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
     #Option      "NoAccel"      #[<bool>]
     #Option      "SMcursor"     #[<bool>]
     #Option      "Dac6Bit"      #[<bool>]
     #Option      "Dac8Bit"      #[<bool>]
     #Option      "ForcePCIMode" #[<bool>]
     #Option      "CCEPIOMode"   #[<bool>]
     #Option      "CCNoSecurity" #[<bool>]
     #Option      "AGPMode"      #<i>
     #Option      "AGPSize"      #<i>
     #Option      "RingSize"     #<i>
     #Option      "BufferSize"   #<i>
     #Option      "Display"      #<str>
     #Option      "PanelWidth"   #<i>
     #Option      "PanelHeight"  #<i>
     #Option      "ProgramFPRegs"#<i>
     #Option      "UseFBDev"     #[<bool>]
     #Option      "VideoKey"     #<i>
     #Option      "ShowCache"    #[<bool>]
     Identifier   "Card0"
     Driver       "ati"
     VendorName   "ATI"
     BoardName    "Rage 128 Mobility LF"
     BusID        "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier "Screen0"
     Device      "Card0"
     Monitor     "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth 24
     SubSection "Display"
             Depth   24
             Modes "1280x1024"
             ViewPort 0 0
    EndSubSection
EndSection

>From /var/log/XFree86.0.log:

(**) R128(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 162.0 MHz, 85.6 kHz, 79.7 Hz
(II) R128(0):Modeline "1280x1024" 162.00 1280 1344 1368 1840  1024 1026 1029 
1074 +hsync +vsync
(==) R128(0): DPI set to (75,75)

What I did:

1) I increased vertrefresh to 50-100 from 60-100 and I stopped getting 
vertrefresh out of range error messages.
2) I added ViewPort 0 0 under the Section Screen to force that resolution as 
the virtual desktop.
3) I tried listing Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024"and tried switching using to 
get the 1280x1024 resolution CTRL-ALT- - (from the numeric pad & keyboard) 
that didn't work
either)
4) I tried changing Panel Width to "1280" and Panel Length "1024" and I got 
a screwy screen.
5)I changed Modes back to "1280x1024" and still got the scrolling 
vertrefresh lines vertically across the screen
6)I then added under the section "Monitor"

     UseModes  "Modes0"

and then created a new section "Modes"

Section "Modes"
    Identifier "Modes0"
    Modeline "1280x1024" 162.00 1280 1344 1368 1840  1024           1026 
1029 1074
EndSection

7) I looked at man vidtune but it says it is obsolete with xfree86 4x

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Sorry for the long email...

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