On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:40:58 -0600, Callum Lerwick <seg at haxxed.com> wrote: >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA >> TNT2/TNT2 >> Pro] (rev 15) >> 02:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro >> 215GP >> (rev 5c) >> >> trying to run both at: >> 1600 x 1200 at 85 Hz >> using xfree-4.3.0-r3 (gentoo) >> >> at a depth of 24 one will be at 106.1 Khz/85 Hz 1600x1200 and the other >> at >> 87.7Khz/70Hz 1600x1200 >> at a depth of 16 both are at 106.1Khz/85Hz 1600x1200 (and I don't feel >> like I'm going to puke!) >> >> I don't understand why one monitor will drop down in hsync and >> VerticalSync. Maybe my XF86Config file is lacking? Can I force refresh >> rates (H and V) on the mode lines? Anyone have a favorite resource for >> figuring this out.. I must be googling with the wrong word. not >> getting >> much info. > > You're hitting the maximum dotclock of that Rage Pro POS. Throw it in > your car for use as an ice scraper and replace it with a better card so > you don't have to run in 16bit color. 16bit color makes baby jesus cry. > Also, running a Rage Pro at the top of its dotclock like that has got to > be blurry as all hell... Yeah - I had to run at 16 - but then I found I had a bad memroy module - when the helpdesk guy came by (this is a work computer) he started asking a LOT of questions about this GX150 with two monitors - "what do you use that for"? "Does it have 512 Mb ram?" "What's the HD size?" .... "We sure could use that to give to developers..." My heart hit the floor - this was an extra PC I picked up over the years and had become my work-horse - I use it all the time and Rdesktop to my windows box to get Lookout mail at what not.... as I was thinking of a reply of why I should keep it, he says: "we have some extra Dell Precision 530 workstations with dual Xeons and 1 G ram - would you like one of those instead"? Fsck yeah! I said. the workstation came with a ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE dual head deal.. I've got it working well now. Boy, I no longer afraid of the XF86Conifg file .... :) > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list