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#1 2008-06-10 15:54:22

cujo
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Registered: 2007-03-28
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Determine Old Graphics Card or Some other X problem

So I recently "inherited" an old PII machine that I've installed arch on.  I've used a couple of live cds in the past on it (dog slow), and they would typically detect the graphics card/monitor setup and give me the correct resolution.  Basically, I don't know what the graphics card is, and the monitor is capable of 1680x1050. 

However, my arch X setup won't give me the max resolution.  I'm using the vesa drive for lack of a better idea.  I'm not sure if the problem is my config file or the driver I'm using.  Can anyone give me pointers on how to figure this one out?

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#2 2008-06-10 16:25:33

Hohoho
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Registered: 2007-06-23
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Re: Determine Old Graphics Card or Some other X problem

lspci output would help.

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#3 2008-06-10 19:06:36

cujo
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Re: Determine Old Graphics Card or Some other X problem

Well, it appears to be a...

VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200 AGP (rev 01)

The Screen section of my xorg.conf looks like...

Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
Subsection "Display"
  Viewport 0 0
  Depth 24
  Modes "1680x1050"
EndSubSection

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#4 2008-06-10 19:19:48

cujo
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Re: Determine Old Graphics Card or Some other X problem

Aha.  The obvious problem is that the vesa driver doesn't seem to support 1680x1050.  That coupled with the xf86-video-mga driver and now all is well on the old clunker.

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