From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jul 14 3:12: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (hide14.nhs.uk [194.6.81.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A050914EC3 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 03:11:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greg@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk) Received: from greg (gquinlan.qmpgmc.ac.uk [194.81.0.56]) by amanda.swlct.sthames.nhs.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA09367; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:08:17 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <014f01becde1$1e10b660$380051c2@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Reply-To: "Greg Quinlan" From: "Greg Quinlan" To: "Jim Pingle" Cc: References: <00af01becc65$ef6fd740$380051c2@qmpgmc.ac.uk><19990713111547.T21403@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19990713110408.00938620@pingle.org> Subject: Re: Accelerated X - Feedback? Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:10:36 +0100 Organization: Queen Mary's Hospital (SWLCT) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim How odd.... isn't that some-what strange? I have now got it set at 16bit 800x600... nice ;)... never had that before. Do you think it may be processing the inputs-using more memory on the card?? (just a guess!!) Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Pingle > > If I remember right you had an ATI card, correct? If it happens to have > *any* Video/TV I/O Connectors in the back (TV Tuner, Video In, Video Out) > disconnect them all before powering on the machine (Or maybe even while it > is running, I haven't tried that), and then X works like a charm. I ran > into this problem myself, and a couple of my friends with ATI cards have > confirmed this. > > I have an ATI All-in-wonder pro 8mb AGP, and from what I've seen it affects > the whole line. Accelerated X had the same problem for me (I Tried the demo > of 5 and someone let me 'borrow' a copy of 4 to test. Neither worked with > the I/O cables connected, so I rm'd them.) > > Give that a try and see what happens. If you don't have any of the cables > connected, I'm not sure what else might be the case. > > Good luck, > > - Jim Pingle > jim@pingle.org * pingjj01@holmes.ipfw.edu * jimp@9mm.com > http://www.pingle.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message