(RH9) refresh out of sync after loggin out from X

[strstr]

HI.
I installed RH9 yesterday and downloaded the latest driver, ran it, and it installed the drivers fine.I edited /etc/X11/XFree86Config and commented out
Load "dri"
and changed the nv to nvidia...
and in the monitor section i changed the vsync and hsync rates to match my monitor.
i start at run level 3 so i typed startx, all works fine.
but when i logout of X i get vsync out of rate (for horiz i get 73.8 and for vertic i get 165) and my monitor limits are:
horiz: 30 - 70
Vertic: 50-150
i get the same problem when i try to switch to any of the virutal consoles as i'm logged into X (CTRL+ALT+F(1-7).
btw i'm running at 1024x768 at a depth of 24.
i had the same problem on Rh8.0 with the buggy driver (the one before this one) and i had to use 3123..but i cant compile 3123 on RH9 for some reason (i have the kernel source installed and almost all the devel packages).
any ideas on how to fix the problem?
thanks in advance.

[bwkaz]

Since you're using RH 9, you have to use 4349. Older drivers don't handle the new thread-local storage that RH introduced with its backport of the kernel 2.5 feature, along with their version of glibc. That's why 3123 won't compile -- because RH patched their kernel source with a backport of the TLS mechanism in kernel 2.5.

For the "refresh rate out of sync" message, are you using a framebuffer console? If not, try it and see if that helps.

It very likely has nothing to do with the refresh rate ranges you have listed in XF86Config; those are only used when X is running, not when it exits.

[strstr]

Hi bwkaz:
i'm not using a framebuffer console. i'll try it when i get home and post back.
thx for the reply.

[strstr]

It Works! :D i added vga=791 and it works! the screen is not very straight from the edges but who cares :D
thanks a lot.

[bwkaz]

I wish I knew why it doesn't work without a framebuffer console, but it appears not to. *shrug*

I also wish I could fix it, but ... well... yeah.

[strstr]

heh. as long as it works :)
one problem I have & wanna ask about.
I dunno if its related but i'll ask anyways.
sometimes when i reboot (shutdown -r now) and reach the place where it detects hardware it says my mouse has been removed! and un-configures it i guess.
and i cant start X cause its looking for the mouse. the only fix for this problem is rebooting! i have a Mouse TM, optical with 2 buttons and its a wheel mouse(usb connection but connected to a usb->ps2 connection)..
any ideas on how to fix it?

[bwkaz]

I don't know how RH does its hardware detection for sure, but it might be something with your PnP OS setting. Maybe.

Which IRQ is the PS/2 port on? Unfortunately, if you don't know offhand, I don't know how to find out. :(

If you ditch the PS/2 adapter, does it stop doing it? (in case you don't know: you'll need to load the hid and mousedev modules, plus whatever driver your USB controller uses, uhci or usb-ohci, to get a /dev/input/mice device that X can use as its mouse device file)

[strstr]

Hi bwkaz:
I'll give it another shot, its been working fine for the last few days! i'll give it a shot and reply back.