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Dear mika and friends,<BR>
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As y ou can see from the attached, I have 3d working.<BR>
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I cheated - since the xorg log error was "unable to find screen" I took my working file from grml 7 and simple copied it.<BR>
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The differences are:<BR>
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Working:<BR>
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Section "Monitor"<BR>
Identifier "Monitor0"<BR>
# ModelName "Old Monitor (no DDC)"<BR>
Option "DPMS" "true"<BR>
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors<BR>
# HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors<BR>
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0<BR>
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.<BR>
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.<BR>
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0<BR>
# Need more information?<BR>
# <A HREF="http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl">http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl</A><BR>
# <A HREF="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/">http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/</A><BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Section "Device"<BR>
### Available Driver options are:<BR>
## sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards<BR>
# Option "sw_cursor"<BR>
# Option "hw_cursor"<BR>
# Option "NoAccel"<BR>
# Option "ShowCache"<BR>
# Option "ShadowFB"<BR>
# Option "UseFBDev"<BR>
# Option "Rotate"<BR>
## xorg + nvidia:<BR>
# Option "RenderAccel" "true"<BR>
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"<BR>
Identifier "Card0"<BR>
# The following line is auto-generated by grml-x<BR>
Driver "fglrx"<BR>
VendorName "All"<BR>
BoardName "All"<BR>
## Workaround for drivers which send output to wrong device:<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, AUTO"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE, STV"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS"<BR>
## Specify BusID:<BR>
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Section "Screen"<BR>
Identifier "Screen0"<BR>
Device "Card0"<BR>
Monitor "Monitor0"<BR>
DefaultColorDepth 24<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 1<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 4<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 8<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 15<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 16<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 24<BR>
# Modes "1920X1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 32<BR>
# Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"<BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Non-wokring:<BR>
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Section "Monitor"<BR>
Identifier "Monitor0"<BR>
# ModelName "Old Monitor (no DDC)"<BR>
Option "DPMS" "true"<BR>
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors<BR>
# HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors<BR>
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0<BR>
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.<BR>
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.<BR>
VertRefresh 50.0 - 60.0<BR>
# Need more information?<BR>
# <A HREF="http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl">http://xtiming.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/xtiming.pl</A><BR>
# <A HREF="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/">http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Video-Timings-HOWTO/</A><BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Section "Device"<BR>
### Available Driver options are:<BR>
## sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards<BR>
# Option "sw_cursor"<BR>
# Option "hw_cursor"<BR>
# Option "NoAccel"<BR>
# Option "ShowCache"<BR>
# Option "ShadowFB"<BR>
# Option "UseFBDev"<BR>
# Option "Rotate"<BR>
## xorg + nvidia:<BR>
# Option "RenderAccel" "true"<BR>
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"<BR>
Identifier "Card0"<BR>
# The following line is auto-generated by grml-x<BR>
Driver "fglrx"<BR>
VendorName "All"<BR>
BoardName "All"<BR>
## Workaround for drivers which send output to wrong device:<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, AUTO"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "NONE, STV"<BR>
# Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS"<BR>
## Specify BusID:<BR>
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Section "Screen"<BR>
Identifier "Screen0"<BR>
Device "Card0"<BR>
Monitor "Monitor0"<BR>
DefaultColorDepth 16<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 1<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 4<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 8<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 15<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 16<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 24<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
SubSection "Display"<BR>
Depth 32<BR>
# Modes "1920x1200" <BR>
EndSubSection<BR>
EndSection<BR>
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Since the screen is correctly identified in the non-working file as 1920x1200, which is in fact the current and functioning resolution, and the olny other difference appears to the the default bit depth, I am perplexed.<BR>
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However, there is definitely a speed improvement over 7. Also, I fixed the time zone issue with brute force, by deleting every reference in every /etc file I could find - works fine now....<BR>
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Thus, we have linux for sysadmins and one rock ape - martin...<BR>
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note also, I am using the ati 28 drivers and kernel-module.<BR>
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Now, if the hsf driver works, I am in business.<BR>
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Thanks for all the help, hard work, and sheer brilliance.<BR>
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Gruesse aus NY,<BR>
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M<BR>
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