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bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: dmarcum99 on March 29, 2011, 02:04:06 am ---OK...I was able to remote in via ssh....yippee!! :)
I am attaching the xrandr output and the groovymame out files in txt format. Both of these were captured via ssh.
I'm also attaching my mame.ini in txt format.
My ASUS 4350 is attached to the monitor via VGA-0
Hopefully this helps...
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Seems like your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file isn't being created, or set to the wrong input instead of VGA-0. It's getting default modes in there, and that most likely is the issue.
If you run `sudo gasetup` and re-run the Video Settings and choose the monitor type again (on the console), it might fix this I am thinking. After you do that, if it still shows issues, send the xorg.conf file mentioned above, it might show what is going on.
Thanks,
Chris
dmarcum99:
Thanks for the help...so it sounds like this issue is isolated to my setup.
May be a dumb question....I also have an ATI 9250. Can I use this card with the 64bit groovymame linux live CD or do I have to use the 32bit live CD?
If you had to choose between the ATI 4350 and the ATI 9250 for the groovymame linux live cd, which one would you use?
I'll hang up and listen.... :D
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: dmarcum99 on March 29, 2011, 12:21:21 pm ---Thanks for the help...so it sounds like this issue is isolated to my setup.
May be a dumb question....I also have an ATI 9250. Can I use this card with the 64bit groovymame linux live CD or do I have to use the 32bit live CD?
If you had to choose between the ATI 4350 and the ATI 9250 for the groovymame linux live cd, which one would you use?
I'll hang up and listen.... :D
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Yeah it'll work with the 64 bit live CD just fine, newest one actually just fixed issues it had and seems to be good now.
I'd choose the 4350, I have one and it works great, plus is more modern so you'll have some more power and plus a newer ATI Atom bios instead of the older combios which is a good thing at a technical level.
dmarcum99:
update...sort of
I reran the video setup like you suggested, but no improvement. I thought perhaps I had done something wrong on the 1.515 install so I re-reinstalled using the newer version. 1.536....no difference at all.
So I remembered you mentioned you asked about the xorg.conf file. I opened the file and the only entry was: "# Unsupported video card!!!"
So...I tried using the DVI input with the dvi/vga adapter...no difference
So...I tried my ATI 9250....couldn't get it to work after the boot screens. I tried the 9250 with the dvi input using the dvi/vga adapter...would not show a picture after the boot screen.
So...I went in the mobo bios and activated the on-board ATI 4200...same results as the ATI 4350 (only tried VGA input). My mobo is using the amd 785G chipset
Bear in mind I went in the setup screen and redid the video setup for every combination listed. Also there was no change in the xorg.conf file even after trying 3 different video card options. I had also created an ini file for the game (wg3dh) using 640x480x32@57.00 and added/removed for each combination of video cards too...
When I hit the F2 button in either game (mace & wg3dh) the service menu is identical. So noone is having any issues with either of these games but me? wierd...
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: dmarcum99 on March 31, 2011, 12:46:52 am ---update...sort of
I reran the video setup like you suggested, but no improvement. I thought perhaps I had done something wrong on the 1.515 install so I re-reinstalled using the newer version. 1.536....no difference at all.
So I remembered you mentioned you asked about the xorg.conf file. I opened the file and the only entry was: "# Unsupported video card!!!"
So...I tried using the DVI input with the dvi/vga adapter...no difference
So...I tried my ATI 9250....couldn't get it to work after the boot screens. I tried the 9250 with the dvi input using the dvi/vga adapter...would not show a picture after the boot screen.
So...I went in the mobo bios and activated the on-board ATI 4200...same results as the ATI 4350 (only tried VGA input). My mobo is using the amd 785G chipset
Bear in mind I went in the setup screen and redid the video setup for every combination listed. Also there was no change in the xorg.conf file even after trying 3 different video card options. I had also created an ini file for the game (wg3dh) using 640x480x32@57.00 and added/removed for each combination of video cards too...
When I hit the F2 button in either game (mace & wg3dh) the service menu is identical. So noone is having any issues with either of these games but me? wierd...
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What is the output of `lspci -v|grep VGA`? If it says it isn't supported, then that means it's for some reason not seeing the video card. It might be my method of finding the card, and I suspect it's a difference in the way your PCI is done in the motherboard which my method isn't discovering the video card type properly.
Also check this...
`find /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/ -iname card\*-\*`
See if /sys/devices/pci000\:01/ works gets something if that fails. Also check to see what the output is that does work and possibly post it. I think this might just be an issue with the built in video card causing things to think it's the right card, although seems like if pointing just to it like you tried that would then work. So might be more likely the path that find arg is using for some reason on your system would need to be different, which I may have to alter it to work for it.
Also the script used to create xorg.conf is /usr/local/bin/xorg.sh, so running it should produce the same message you see in xorg.conf.