[ale] XF86Config-4 for EV700 from Gateway

[cfowler]

I had the same problem.  It turned out to be a poor quality VGA
extension cable.   Are you using an extension cable?


On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 11:22, Subba Rao wrote:
> I have an EV700  Monitor from Gateway.  This monitor worked great at
> 1024x768 resolution. Before I switched from Slackware to Debian, I noticed
> a shadow image of X apps.  For example, if I open an xterm there is a
> horizontal shadow of the xterm (horizontally beyond the xterm borders).
> This shadow moves along with the xterm.  This is true for every movable X
> object. It starts with the login screen of XDM, GDM and KDM. My initial
> reaction was the monitor is going bad.  When I tried to fix my kid's computer
> (Win98) with this monitor the shadow images of the objects did not exist.
> 
> Now I switched from Slackware to Debian and am seeing the object shadows
> again.  If I highlight some text in a window the shadow extends beyond the
> window.
> 
> What causes these shadows on X objects?
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> PS - I have appended my XF86Config-4 below
> -- 
> Subba Rao
> subba9 at cablespeed.com
> 
> ==================================================================
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
> 	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> 	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> 	Load  "record"
> 	Load  "extmod"
> 	Load  "dbe"
> 	Load  "dri"
> 	Load  "glx"
> 	Load  "xtrap"
> 	Load  "type1"
> 	Load  "speedo"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> 	Driver      "keyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> 	Driver      "mouse"
> 	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
> 	VendorName   "GWY"
> 	ModelName    "Gateway EV700"
> 	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
> 	VertRefresh  50.0 - 120.0
> 	Modeline  "1280x1024" 110.00 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
> 	Modeline  "1152x864"   92.00 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
> 	Modeline  "1024x768"   85.00 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>         #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "HWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
>         #Option     "Rotate"             	# [<str>]
>         #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
>         #Option     "FlatPanel"          	# [<bool>]
> 	Identifier  "Card0"
> 	Driver      "nv"
> 	VendorName  "NVidia"
> 	BoardName   "Riva TNT2 M64"
> 	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> 	VideoRam    16384
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
> 	Identifier "Screen0"
> 	Device     "Card0"
> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> 	DefaultColorDepth 24
> 
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     1
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     4
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     8
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     15
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     16
> 	EndSubSection
> 	SubSection "Display"
> 		Depth     24
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
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