[plug] ubuntu live dvd

[hatari]

Sorry, Jim, didn't see this one before mailing.

Jim Householder wrote:
> Michael Holland wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, Jim Householder wrote:
>>
>>> I got it working by massaging xorg.conf - not something I'd want to do
>>> when trying to show a potential convert how easy it is to use GNU/linux
>>> these days.
>>
>>
>> Jim,
>> it looks like a conflict between the VESA driver and your particular 
>> video
>> card, but the NV driver is OK.
>> Normally the VESA driver works fine with MX440 cards, and I expect Ubuntu
>> use it by default as a safer option.
>>   I notice in the log that it has not auto-detected your monitor (no 
>> PnP?)
>> so it is possibly using a timing that your monitor cannot handle, but
>> unlikely.
>>
> Thanks.  It was the driver.  Changing only the driver (from vesa to nv) 
> fixed the problem.
> 
> The monitor is a ViewSonic G90f+, an 18 month old 19" CRT.  It has never 
> been auto-detected by a linux distro.  The frequency range in xorg.conf 
> was H:28-51 and V:43-60.  The monitor's range is H:30-97 & V:50-180. 
> Normally if the signal is out of range I get a nice warning in the 
> middle of a bright red rectangle.
> 
> I have a 2-port KVM switch between the monitor and the MX440-SE, but 
> even with a direct connection the monitor is not auto-detected.
> 
>>> I was disappointed that my hardware was not correctly identified.  It's
>>> about 4 years old.
>>
>>
>> I guess they could have a blacklist of driver/hardware bugs, if it was a
>> known bad combination, and the particular card can be identified. (is 
>> that
>> possible with a generic card?)
>>
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