Fedora 4 - Problem with X

On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:08:50 GMT, Lenard <lenard.RemoveThis@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Whitewater wrote:
>
>> I'm having trouble with X on Fedora 4. the right side of the screen is
>> jumbled with lines and distortions. How can I fix it?
>>
>> video card: ATI Rage IIc
>> Monitor: Royal DH-1764
>>
>> It worked with Fedora 3 with no problems
>
>So, use the /etc/Xll/xorg.conf file from FC3 or at runlevel 3 as root;
>
>system-confg-display --reconfigure


Thanks Lenard.. For some reason, the problem corrected itself.
Mysterious.

whitewater

Whitewater wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:08:50 GMT, Lenard <lenard.DeleteThis@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>
>>Whitewater wrote:
>>
>>> I'm having trouble with X on Fedora 4. the right side of the screen is
>>> jumbled with lines and distortions. How can I fix it?
>>>
>>> video card: ATI Rage IIc
>>> Monitor: Royal DH-1764
>>>
>>> It worked with Fedora 3 with no problems
>>
>>So, use the /etc/Xll/xorg.conf file from FC3 or at runlevel 3 as root;
>>
>>system-confg-display --reconfigure
>
>
> Thanks Lenard.. For some reason, the problem corrected itself.
> Mysterious.

Sounds like maybe your monitor and/or video card does not handle
frequency/mode changes well. Rebooting or cold starting the system/monitor
may have been required.

But, glad to hear everything is working correctly.


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On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 13:27:13 GMT, Lenard <lenard DeleteThis @127.0.0.1> wrote:

>Whitewater wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 02:08:50 GMT, Lenard <lenard DeleteThis @127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>
>>>Whitewater wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm having trouble with X on Fedora 4. the right side of the screen is
>>>> jumbled with lines and distortions. How can I fix it?
>>>>
>>>> video card: ATI Rage IIc
>>>> Monitor: Royal DH-1764
>>>>
>>>> It worked with Fedora 3 with no problems
>>>
>>>So, use the /etc/Xll/xorg.conf file from FC3 or at runlevel 3 as root;
>>>
>>>system-confg-display --reconfigure
>>
>>
>> Thanks Lenard.. For some reason, the problem corrected itself.
>> Mysterious.
>
>Sounds like maybe your monitor and/or video card does not handle
>frequency/mode changes well. Rebooting or cold starting the system/monitor
>may have been required.
>
>But, glad to hear everything is working correctly.


That could very well be..it's an old system I bought brand new in
1999. P-III 600Mhz. It's still a great system, but it needs some
upgrades. I use it for a developement webserver/database and it's
pretty fast for that, however, it's really slow when it comes to the
graphical desktop.

I haven't had any problems with the video since I posted the original
message.

Whitewater