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Thread ID: 63932 2005-11-27 07:30:00 Mandriva 2006 Display Fault Phil B (648) Press F1
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408045 2005-11-27 07:30:00 I did a clean install of mandriva after wiping the hd, all was well until the reboot. The display is very bright green with yellow text. I tried to change the video card configuration & the monitor selection & it made no difference. When booting up the display shows up normal. It's all ok with other os's Any ideas?

P4 2.4, Asus P4S8X-X mb, Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Video, 768 Ram 		Phil B (648)
408046 2005-11-27 07:44:00 Haven't heard of an incorrectly configured monitor/video card doing that before when X starts. Apart from the colours, does the desktop look normal?

Can you post the contents of your xorg.conf file. Look under /etc/X11/ for it. Also if you could post the make/model of your monitor and the resolution you normally run it at as well. 		Jen (38)
408047 2005-11-27 07:47:00 I'll do it in a min, I'm in windows at the mo Phil B (648)
408048 2005-11-27 07:57:00 Here's the Xconf file, My display has changed to a white background with lime green text & doesn't boot into gui, I have to startx.

The monitor is an old Mag 996pf running at 1024x768

# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Plug'n Play"
ModelName ""
HorizSync 30-96
VertRefresh 50-160

# Monitor preferred modeline (85.0 Hz vsync, 91.1 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4)
ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon (fglrx)"
Driver "ati"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection 		Phil B (648)
408049 2005-11-27 07:58:00 Radeon cards used to be hell to get working in linux. Has that changed? I bought Nvidia back in the day when I first bought this computer because of linux issues. Greven (91)
408050 2005-11-27 08:06:00 I can't see anything obviously wrong with your xorg.conf and it has detected the monitor correctly with the frequencies etc. If it worked fine before with Mandriva, then it suggests your installation was not 100% successful. I wouldn't bother mucking around too much at this stage and try a fresh installation and see how that goes. Jen (38)
408051 2005-11-27 08:13:00 I did that earlier on, thats why I wiped the hd. I just found by changing the colour from 24 to 16 bit has worked. I was also looking at the ATi site & it could be a driver issue. When trying to change the looknfeel of kde & logging off, the text said I had Radeon kernel version 1.16 but version 1.17 or newer is needed, I'll give it a go & let you know what happens Phil B (648)
408052 2005-11-28 09:53:00 Yes it is a driver problem, the only problem is when you go through the configuration process you get asked all sorts of highly technical questions, some of which you just guess cos I cant be bothered to read through reams of readme. It changed my resolution to something miniscule, I changed it back to 1024x768 where I like it & X spat the dummy & no more gui. The mouse cursor was still pale green & there was nothing you could do about it. Even installing another theme they were all green. No wonder linux cant get a foothold in the desktop market. Mandriva 2005le was visually good but a pain to get my hardware to work with it, 2006 the hardware works good (aside from the display fiasco) but I cant see it.

Basically I'm looking for a windows replacement. I want to run some windows software on it but only because you cant get a linux version. I got some of it running with wine, but not reliably. Anyone got any suggestions. I want ease of use, ie windows, but without being fleeced for it & also I don't want the NASA computer system in my house just to run vista when its released. I'm not really frustrated
aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 		Phil B (648)
408053 2005-11-28 17:06:00 Oh dear.

One option seeing as you live in Auckland, is to bring your existing Mandriva installation along to the installfest being held this Saturday (3rd) and have someone take a hands-on look at it and get some sense beaten into it, or perhaps to have a different distro installed. - AuckLUG Installfest (installfest.linux.net.nz)

What are the window programs you are trying to run under Wine? 		Jen (38)
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