E-machines

Cheapo Grande e-machine...
to successfully get RedHat 6.0
work), but Xconfigurator
correctly. My hardware
100ES, I think is the same
Mach64 Rage IIc 3D with
the whole thing jiggles and
particular hardware combination
I also have a emachine 300c but i upgraded the
chip to an amd k62 400
i tried running suse using the mach64 server with
my ati rage iic agp card and am havin the exact
same problem except i am having the distortion
and fuzzyness on the right hand sideif u
find any info that can help id appreciate it, and
i'll do the same

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Valentin Guillen

My experience has been that one sure way to proceed here is to begin by using
the values, in your config file for X, which correspond to the original VGA
standard. These are, if I recall correctly, 31.5 for vert, 60Hz for Horiz, and
a res of 640x480. Use the recommended "server". Make sure that you have the
server symlinked to X, and fire up X. When you see that you get a nice, sharp,
stable image, you save the file, and then begin to edit it, changing one thing
at a time. For example, you could then kick up the color resolution from the
16 color VGA standard, up to maybe 16 BIT color. When that works fine, then
you save the config file, and maybe then try getting an 800x600 resolution
going, and so forth, always saving the last successful config. file.

If you simply say to yourself, well these are the values I see in Windoz,
therefore this is what I'm going to attempt right off the bat in Linux, you
will trip up. This isn't windoz. The values specified below ARE quite
ergonomical, but not easily duplicated, initially, by a Linux newbie. Take a
couple of extra hours or days to configure X.

If necessary, print out the How Tos for XFree86 and have them handy to refer to
editing the config file. Remember that there are usually four different
configuration utilties included with Red Hat, so if one of them doesn't do it
correctly, then either edit the config file by hand, OR simply use one of the
other utilities. Also, remember that SuperProbe is YOUR BEST FRIEND. It will
tell you everything you need to know. Make sure you know where the X log file
is and examine it after everytime you attempt to run X. It will tell you
PRECISELY where X encounters an error or trips up.

Don't forget either a couple of places to peruse. The FAQ in this NG at


and # that help!!

Valentin Guilen

When I had something similar, I experimented with lowering the settings manually
until it didn't jiggle and I was happy with the display. I believe it can't hurt
as long as you don't let it jiggle too long.
Harvey