[plug] X Problem

[Bill Kenworthy]

I have also seen this where the video card, X and the monitor get mixed
up and the screen appears multiple times in the horizontal or partially
offset as described.  It was due to picking monitor frequencies that
were not supported and it was trying to do its best!

Go back to XF86Setup or whatever and choose conservative settings and
work up from there.  the X based installer uses very very conservative
settings to enable it to work on lowest common denominator hardware.

BillK

Bernard Blackham wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 23 May 2001, Mark Nold wrote:
> > 1. Any idea why X appears to work well in the install but not apon
> > trying to use it?
> 
> Wild stab in the dark... The install is using a different resolution to X
> normally and the screen can't handle X's higher resolution? Try running
> through the resolutions in X with <Ctrl><Alt><NumPad +/-> to see if any
> work.
> 
> In the resolutions which run off the screen, can you scroll around within
> them with the mouse? (ie, they're not virtual desktop sizes. I'd doubt it,
> but worth a check)
> 
> > 2. Any idea how i could refresh my screen so that i can recover
> > without having to reboot?
> 
> Run the X setup program? ;)
> I think it's XF86_Setup. Or if you can force the X server to use the
> lower-res mode then it might solve it.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Bernard.
> 
> --
>  Bernard Blackham
>  bernard at blackham.com.au