From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Mar 25 22:44:10 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from cumin.apnic.net (cumin.apnic.net [202.12.29.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E699137B400 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:44:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from durian.apnic.net (durian.apnic.net [202.12.29.252]) by cumin.apnic.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with ESMTP id g2Q6hsHa000530 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:43:58 +1000 Received: from durian.apnic.net (ggm@localhost) by durian.apnic.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2Q6hn127222 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:43:54 +1000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree86 4.2.0, FreeBSD 4.5-stable and Dell L400/ATI borked? In-Reply-To: Message from George Michaelson of "Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:38:33 +1000." <200203250338.g2P3cXD10787@durian.apnic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:43:49 +1000 Message-ID: <27221.1017125029@durian.apnic.net> From: George Michaelson X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.1 (www dot roaringpenguin dot com slash mimedefang) Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org FIX: change composite_sync entry to disable it. In 4.2.0 they decided to invert the logic, and it turns out not to be a good idea for some cards. The line will be: #Option "composite_sync" and needs to be Option "composite_sync" "Off" -George > > a Dell L400, which worked fine on XFree86 4.1.0 for an external > monitor, now doesn't work for 4.2.0. > > Its probably an XFree86 thing, but I wondered if any other FreeBSD owners > with this *specific* unit (its the Dell L400 with ATI Mobility chipset) > had seen this. > > cheers > > -George > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- George Michaelson | APNIC Email: ggm@apnic.net | PO Box 2131 Milton QLD 4064 Phone: +61 7 3858 3100 | Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 | http://www.apnic.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message