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cannot start X properly

Post by Marcel Ka » Sun, 17 Jul 1994 08:48:07



Hi,
I bought Linux from Trans-Ameritech a couple of weeks ago.
Everything installed fine, but when I do xinit or startx I get some
unsynchronized, overlapping, flashing windows.
I tried everything in the doc, and endless combinations in Xconfig.
SuperProbe gives the right answer.
X -probeonly gives me some clocks but they don't help.

I have a Trident tvga9000 card (TVGA SUPER 16) with 512K,
and an AAMAZING monitor Super-VGA, CM8486TX, 1024x768.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
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cannot start X properly

Post by Ron Smi » Tue, 19 Jul 1994 23:19:21


    Marcel> Hi, I bought Linux from Trans-Ameritech a couple of weeks
    Marcel> ago.  Everything installed fine, but when I do xinit or
    Marcel> startx I get some unsynchronized, overlapping, flashing
    Marcel> windows.  I tried everything in the doc, and endless
    Marcel> combinations in Xconfig.  SuperProbe gives the right
    Marcel> answer.  X -probeonly gives me some clocks but they don't
    Marcel> help.

    Marcel> I have a Trident tvga9000 card (TVGA SUPER 16) with 512K,
    Marcel> and an AAMAZING monitor Super-VGA, CM8486TX, 1024x768.

    Marcel> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There should be a file called modeDB.txt in
.../X386/lib/X11/etc. There are a lot of cards described there with
working modelines. Plus all the VESA standard timings are there. These
VESA lines should work with all the VGA cards

Hope this helps
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                Ron Smits


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