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Note that on the system that I have that contains a Riva TNT video card, system-config-display would only create the necessary entries in the xorg.conf file to display a maximum of 800x600 pixel resolution with a 16 bit color depth (thousands of colors). To support a higher resolution and color depth, I needed to modify the xorg.conf file by hand. The lines that I added after the Display subsection are:
~ SubSection "Display" ~ Viewport 0 0 ~ Depth 24 ~ Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ~ EndSubSection
I also changed the DefaultDepth value from 16 to 24. After making these changes and restarting the X server, the display came up at the 1152X864 pixel resolution and I could step through the other settings using the <CTL><ALT>+ or - keys on the numeric keypad.
Be sure that the display can handle the resolution and sync frequencies.
I think that system-config-display does not properly detect the amount of video memory installed on this card.
If you want, I can send you a copy of the xorg.conf file that works for me.
William
Pasha wrote: | On Fri, 2004-10-01 at 14:14, wayne lewis wrote: | |>The video card device section of the xorg.conf file is configured for |>an ATI Radon 9500 Pro. Where can I obtain detail to configure |>xorg.conf for Riva TNT. |> |> |> |>The history is that I could not get Core 2 to load onto an old PC. I |>tried on a newer PC and when it worked ok moved the hard drive back to |>the old PC. |> |>On startup a fatal server error message ?no screens found? is |>displayed and Xserver cannot start up. |> |>The startup continues and I am able to login as root at the text |>prompt. | | | try to run system-config-display --reconfig | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux)
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