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From: paradis@sousa.tay.dec.com (Jim Paradis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386BSD] Xfree86 and WD90C30?
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Date: 19 Jan 93 15:12:00 GMT
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I'm trying to bring up Xfree86 on a box running 386BSD, and I'm having
the devil of a time!  I've got perhaps an unusual configuration, which
might explain things... I've got a 1Mb Paradise-compatible VGA card based 
on the WD90C30, but my monitor is an older SVGA multisync that maxes out 
at 34KHz.

No matter *what* I try, I can't get stable graphics on my monitor.
I've tried calculating parameters by hand, I've tried the sc spreadsheets...
nothing.

What *really* bugs me is that under DOS, the VGA BIOS is able to kick
this thing over into graphics modes just fine...

Anybody got any ideas?

--
Jim Paradis (paradis@sousa.tay.dec.com) 
I try to take one day at a time, but lately several days have attacked at once!