From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 15 20:48:08 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C0B16A417 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:48:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from kedah.mschosting.com (kedah.mschosting.com [202.75.42.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 016A013C45B for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:48:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@adempiere.org) Received: from [87.107.63.161] (port=55669 helo=attila) by kedah.mschosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1IhWr5-0003s7-Qq; Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:48:05 +0800 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:17:53 +0330 From: "Bahman M." To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20071016001753.5d510827@attila> In-Reply-To: <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> References: <20071015053710.GA48887@thought.org> <20071015180402.GB54185@thought.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - kedah.mschosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - adempiere.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: xorg driver bug X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:48:08 -0000 On 2007-10-15 Gary Kline wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 10:37:10PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > > > Has anybody with any Dell run into this before? I just got > > a new Matrox with 32M of video ram. Run with the "mga" driver, X > > comes up extremely dark. If I change the driver to the "vesa" X > > comes up with normal brightness but the resolution is terrible. At > > most 640x480. tHis could be a hardware bug;I'm hoping it is > > just not having selected the right driver. > > > > Anybody know what to try next? > > > > Update, and no-joy: i've added Modes lines, tried different > flags. Still, using the "mga" drivr gives a dark screen; only the > "vesa" works. none of the xorg config toools work. The Matroc > Millennium G450 is brand new, so doubt it's the card. The previous > card had the same problem--way to dark--soI got this new card. > Some years ago, I had some similar problem with a Vistac monitor using nVidia (on Linux). I found that it was the monitor not doing well in some resolutions or colour depths. Changing the monitor solved the problem. I'd suggest you try with another monitor and see if it works. HTH, Bahman