[Openchrome-users] Problem getting Xorg to run on Fedora Core 12

[Xavier Bachelot]

On 03/13/2010 03:43 PM, George R. Kasica wrote:
>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:18:19 +0100, you wrote:
> 
>> On 03/13/2010 02:49 PM, George R. Kasica wrote:
>>> OK...some progress here...got the config value set for Video ram by
>>> some experimentation but now I just get a blank black screen that I
>>> need to do a CTL-SHIFT-BACKSPACE to get out of...log below...screen
>>> resolution issue or ?? and what should I be setting it to? I'd be
>>> happy with 800x600 or 1024x768 or anything at this pint thats not
>>> blank black....the FC12 Live CD comes up normally but I don't recall
>>> the resolution on that but I could boot it to find out if necessary.
>>>
>>> George
>>>
>>
>> Add the following lines to the Monitor section :
>> HorizSync "30-83"
>> VertRefresh "56-76"
>>
>> Then in the Screen section, set the modes you want in the SubSections by
>> adding the following line :
>> Modes    "1920x1080"
>>
>> I find it strange though that the F12 live CD comes up fine but not a
>> regular F12 install. It should be mostly the same driver (I'll have to
>> check what changed between the 2 but it's likely not that significant).
>> The live cd doesn't use an xorg.conf at all, you might want to try
>> without an xorg conf.
> 
> 
> Doesn't like something in that syntax:
> 
> Parse error on line 41 of section Monitor in file /root/xorg.conf.new
>         The HorizSync keyword must be followed by a list of numbers or
> ranges.

Sorry, my bad. Make it :
HorizSync 30 - 83
VertRefresh 56 - 76

X.