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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>T</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>he Novell/SuSE SLES 10 Linux release<b><i><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>is in use</span></font><b><i><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b>on
the ia64 version of our Unisys ES7000/one server. (For the record, SLES
10 includes X.Org release 6.9.0.) Our graphic interface device is ATI
Rage Mobility. When we try to enter monitor specifications through the
SLES SaX2 interface the monitor test fails, consistently indicating a frequency
error. We have tried this on a couple of standard monitors from Dell and
NEC with the same negative results. What we always end up with, and can’t
escape, is a 640x480 monitor screen.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>We</span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>have tried patch<font
color=black><span style='color:black'>ing</span></font> information from the
xorg.conf file built by Red Hat’s RHEL4 U4 (X.Org version 6.8.2) into the
SLES 10 version of the xorg.conf file. On RHEL4 we have no trouble
changing monitor resolutions to anything reasonable. On SLES 10, though,
using the RHEL4 input merely causes the frequency error to occur when X is
restarted. A similar process fails when trying to use config information<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>generated by SLES 9 SP3, which</span></font> uses an older
XFree86 graphics system (4.3.99.902, to be exact).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The next step here will be to try monitor management on one
of the RHEL5 betas. In the meantime, has anybody seen similar problems
with ia64 graphics on SLES 10, or on any of the recent standard X.Org
distributions? And yes, I understand this may be a problem with SLES 10
rather than X.Org.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John Magolan</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Unisys Tredyffrin K205-4</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face="Bookman Old Style"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style"'>"You know, the
only way I've found to make these pictures is with animators. You can't seem to
do it with accountants and bookkeepers." —Walt Disney</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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