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List:       yellowdog-newbie
Subject:    RE: Can't even get 2D Working beyond 640x480
From:       "Longman, Bill" <longman () sharplabs ! com>
Date:       2005-10-04 21:18:41
Message-ID: 4BB1E365BF26D311914A00805FA6A1C11D7A5DB0 () admsrvnt02 ! enet ! sharplabs ! com
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> Newb and can't get my screen out of 640x480 land with a 60hz 
> refresh.  
> Everytime I switch the monitor to a mere 800x600 it can't start X.  
> And an endless cycle of "cant start X reverting to text" 
> begins. In the terminal I'm not too sure how to edit my 
> XFF86config file w/o screwing it up. I cannot get around vi 
> or perl... most unix editors actually. I have a dual 1Ghz 
> quicksilver with a Radeon 9800 Pro. I know that my card can 
> go as high as 2048x1536 on OS X. And I would like to run 
> Yellow Dog at least @1280x960. I am Using a standard 19"  
> SyncMaster CRT.

You should start by posting your XFree86 config. And perhaps a bit of the
log file for it, too.

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