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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!wrdiss1.robins.af.mil!news.monroe.army.mil!info.usuhs.mil!cs.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!digital.eng.umd.edu!marat From: marat@Glue.umd.edu (Marat Fayzullin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X display problems on a laptop Date: 31 Mar 1997 00:53:36 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5hn1ug$in0$1@hecate.umd.edu> References: <333EF5BF.5A51@gnofn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: digital.eng.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38096 Chris Mabli (cjm02@gnofn.org) wrote: : VGA (640x480, 31.5 horizontal, 60 vertical) setting but as soon as I get : switched from the XF86Setup screen to X, the display goes haywire : (divides the screen into four horizontal sections with minute, flashing : pixel spasms in abundance). At that point I can only reboot. : So does this sound familiar to anyone? I am using a Western Digital : 90C24 video card in the laptop, if that is of any use. The laptop : manual says nothing about horizontal sync or vertical refresh. Use text-based xf86config program to set up X. You may also need to do some manual adjustments in the /etc/XF86Config afterwards.