[ale] X configuration problem

David Corbin dcorbin at machturtle.com
Sun Jan 8 06:58:06 EST 2006


Geoffrey wrote:

>David Corbin wrote:
>  
>
>>I have a Dell I8600.  It had an NVIDIA 32m card, and I had my X11 
>>configuration working right as it had been for years.  I upgraded my video 
>>card to an ATI 9600 Radeon 128M.  
>>
>>My system runs Gentoo/x.org X11.
>>    
>>
>
>Which kernel and xorg versions?  
>

It's 2.6.  But they devices worked fine in my other config.

>The device used will be different 
>between 2.4 and 2.6 kernels.  It appears from what you have below that 
>you're running a 2.4 kernel.  Nothing there slaps me in the face though.
>
>I was trying to locate my old xorg.conf file for my 2.4 kernel, but 
>don't seem to have it.  The references to the InputDevices are different 
>enough between 2.4 and 2.6, that my current ones would not do you much good.
>
>Have you tried reconfiguring X?
>  
>
I have, but that tends to be real hard in my experience with modern 
video cards.  What configuration command would you recommend?

David




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