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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:15914 comp.windows.x.i386unix:14902 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!ivory.lm.com!not-for-mail From: peterb@telerama.lm.com (Peter Berger) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: XFree86 v3.1 - problems with 1024x768 mode Date: 14 Jan 1995 16:15:08 -0500 Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA USA Lines: 35 Message-ID: <3f9ess$27l@ivory.lm.com> References: <3epjfg$m7r@Mercury.mcs.com> <D2Er96.E9J@indirect.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ivory.lm.com In article <D2Er96.E9J@indirect.com>, Barnacle Wes <wes@indirect.com> wrote: >Michael Borowiec (mikebo@MCS.COM) wrote: >: I am absolutely positive that I have defined a valid screen mode >: "1024x768i" in my XF86Config file. Nevertheless, when I startup >: X, I get the following error messages: >: (--) SVGA: There is no mode definition named "1024x768i" >: (--) SVGA: Removing mode "1024x768i" from list of valid modes. > >I get the same thing from my perfectly-valid-looking 800x600 Modeline. >I'm clueless. Can the probe code perhaps not find a match for clock rates? >I've a vanilla TVGA8900CL (slow!) and a bone-head Multi-sync (31.5 + 35.5) >monitor, and the 640x480 and 1024x768i modes both match nicely. Read the debugging output more carefully. Capture it to a file by doing (from csh): /usr/X11R6/bin/X -probeonly >& /tmp/out Then examine /tmp/out. You will almost certainly see a line in there along the lines of: mode "1024x768i" requires a HSync of 48.85 Hz. Deleted. So by the time your config is completely read, there really -is- no valid mode 1024x768i defined. The fix is to be a little more generous in defining what sync rates your monitor can handle. You should, however, carefully consider if doing this will damage your monitor. -- ...................................................................... Peter G. Berger, Esq. Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh Internet: peterb@telerama.lm.com Phone: 412/481-3505 Fax: 412/481-8568 http://www.lm.com/~peterb