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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1861 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 15:01:32 EST Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:144 comp.windows.x.i386unix:607 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!portal!mykes From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) Subject: Re: multiuser, XFree86 questions Message-ID: <C2twD5.x0@unix.portal.com> Sender: news@unix.portal.com Nntp-Posting-Host: jobe Organization: Portal Communications Company X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1993Feb21.071002.22985@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 02:31:51 GMT Lines: 48 Redirected to comp.os.386bsd.questions, as well - just in case some other poor novice like myself runs into the same problem... I have another question: I got xview3 from cc.purdue.edu and it is AWESOME (the 386bsd version). Now I want to get cmdtool for it... any pointers to an ftp site with the compiled binary would be MUCHO appreciated! David Dawes (dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU) wrote: : In article <C2rJ8I.1Jo@unix.portal.com> mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes: : >I am using the patchkit kernel on a Dell 486D/50, which has a built-in : >WD 90C31 SVGA with direct 32-bit access to the chip's memory. XFree86 : >identifies it as a PVGA1 but does not show any dot clock matching any : >of the entries in the modeDB.txt file or the supplied sample Xconfig. : >My monitor is a ViewSonic 7, and I tried making my own Clock entry : >in the vga256 section of Xconfig to match the dotclocks printed by : >X386 and the ViewSonic 7 entry in modeDB.txt. I added the modeDB.txt : >entry in the appropriate place in Xconfig. I get a 1024x768x256 mode : >to happen, but the picture is VERY unstable, flickers a lot, etc. And : >I have been tweaking the numbers in the table for a couple of days now. : >If anyone has a suggestion or working entry, I am all ears (like perot :) : Can you mail me the list of clocks detected by the server? VGA256: clocks: 25.2 28.3 31.6 36.1 25.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 : There are a few patches around for the pvga1 driver claiming to make it : work better (or at all?) with the WD90C31. At the moment, the only : things stopping them being included are some testing and some code : in the Probe() routine to distinguish the 90C31 from the other chipsets : supported by the pvga1 driver. If anyone can help with this, please : send mail to <xfree86@physics.su.oz.au>. I live very close to western digital in Mountain View and can call and ask them any questions you need answered... Reply via e-mail with any info I can get for you! : David : -- : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 : School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : I was so satisfied, deep down inside, like a hand in a velvet glove -- AC/DC : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------