Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 11:58:00 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATI Radeon 2400XT - screen goes blank Message-ID: <200809041158.01059.adamk@voicenet.com> In-Reply-To: <20080904142730.GA7078@aurora.oekb.co.at> References: <20080904142730.GA7078@aurora.oekb.co.at>
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On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:27:30 Ewald Jenisch wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a ATI Radeon 2400XT card in a Dell Optiplex 740 system > running under FreebSD 7.x (i.e. fully updated as per today > wrt. kernel, system and ports) > > Following "the handbook" I've configured xorg.conf using "Xorg > -configure" followed by "X -config /root/xorg.conf.new". > > The only thing that happens is that the screen goes blank and the > monitor writes a message "out of Range". > > Tried with numerous "Modes" like "1280x1024", "1024x768" - I've even > created a custom modeline using the hints in > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html > - to no extent. > > BTW, the monitor in question is a Hanns-G "JC198D" capable of 1280x1024 > > Has anybody else seen this problem with a ATI 2400XT - and even more > interesting, what can I do against it? > > I'm including both the xorg.conf as well as /var/log/Xorg.0.log. > > Thanks much in advance for any clue, > -ewald In the monitor section, try adding: Option "PreferredMode" "1280x1024" or even: Option "PreferredMode" "Custom-settings" Adam -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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