[Openchrome-users] X won't start, K8M800, slackware 12

[Xavier Bachelot]

kuzh anan wrote:
> Hi 
> Now the relevant parts of xorg.conf look like this: 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>         ModelName    "Monitor Model"
>         Modeline     "1280x1024"  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024  1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
>         Modeline     "1024x768"   78.80  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
>         Modeline     "800x600"   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604  625 +hsync +vsync
> EndSection
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "via"
>         Option      "EnableAGPDMA" "On"
>         VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
>         BoardName   "Unknown Board"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     1
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     4
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     8
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     15
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     16
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> The log can be seen here http://pastebin.com/m5b436a54 
> 
> I can still only choose between 1600x1200 and 640x480, which is strange, because these are not specified anywhere. 
> Xavier, thank you very much for the help, I never had this kind of trouble before, so I don't really understand xorg.conf, modelines etc. 
> Regards 
> Martin
> 
They are sent by your monitor, you don't have to hard code them in your 
xorg.conf . See line 475 of your log.
You should remove the modelines you added to the monitor section.

Also, it looks like you are not attributing much RAM to your video card.
(--) VIA(0): videoram =  16896k
Change the video ram value in the bios to something higher, may be it's 
why the virtual size of your screen is set to 640x480 and hence limits 
the possible resolution list.

If that still doesn't help, try to set the virtual size in your 
xorg.conf. It means altering your screen section to look something like 
that :

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Card0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth 24
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     24
		Virtual   1600 1200
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Regards,
Xavier

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