Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-18 Thread Nate Bargmann
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 12:10:51PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > I just upgraded to X v4 (woody) and selected the mga driver for my > Matrox Millenium G200. I have an NEC MultiSync 6FG (21") monitor. I > now have two problems: > > 1. Large margins around the screen. > 2. Incredible f

Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Bill Wohler
Fixed. Off by one error in xserver-xfree86. I'll post a bug presently. My monitor manual says the horizontal refresh is from 27 to 79 kHz, so I used 27 - 80 in XFConfig-4. Now I've got a rock-solid image at 75 Hz. And the monitor hasn't blown up yet. And surprise! the screen went back to

Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Bill Wohler
Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Probably the new install wiped away your old settings, so it's now > picking the first listed choice, or something like that. Try editing > your configuration file, comparing with your old one if possible. Thanks for all the suggestions guys. My new

Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Ross Boylan
I have a G200 and NEC XV17. It works quite well, but I used the windows settings to guide my X settings. I see the mga_h1 error too, though no ill effects (unless this is responsible for overlay mode not working). I filed a bug about it (87504) which was reported upstream. Probably the new

Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 12:10:51PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote: > I just upgraded to X v4 (woody) and selected the mga driver for my > Matrox Millenium G200. I have an NEC MultiSync 6FG (21") monitor. I > now have two problems: > > 1. Large margins around the screen. > 2. Incredible f

Re: v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Bill Wohler
"S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Bill> (WW) System lacks support for changing MTRRs > ^ > Do you have support for MTRRs built into your kernel ? If not, recompile > your kernel to include support for MTRRs (CONFIG_MTRR) and then

v4 x screen size and flicker

2001-03-17 Thread Bill Wohler
I just upgraded to X v4 (woody) and selected the mga driver for my Matrox Millenium G200. I have an NEC MultiSync 6FG (21") monitor. I now have two problems: 1. Large margins around the screen. 2. Incredible flicker. At 1280x1024, there is now a large margin around the screen: 1