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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!psinntp!pool!uddc From: uddc@pool.info.sunyit.edu (David D. Colbey) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0R, XFree-86 2.0, and Diamond Speedstar Message-ID: <1993Dec29.041309.17997@pool.info.sunyit.edu> Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <2fq7f6$gaj@ulowell.uml.edu> <2fqcdg$isp@ulowell.uml.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 04:13:09 GMT Lines: 23 Brian 'Doc' O'Neill (oneill@cs.uml.edu) wrote: : In article <2fq7f6$gaj@ulowell.uml.edu> oneill@cs.uml.edu (Brian 'Doc' O'Neill) writes: : >I am having trouble with getting XFree-86 2.0 running on my FreeBSD 1.0R : >system. I have a Diamond Speedstar ET4000 card. No Plus, no II, no 24, just : >Speedstar. The monitor is a ADI MicroScan 3E : Whoops...correction...it IS a Speedstar Plus... Diamond video cards suck! I have a SpeedStar 24X and I had the same problem as you. My workaround is to use a program written for Linux called "freq". After a little hacking, I was able to get it compiled. Unfortunately it does not always work. It occasionally gives a "bus error" and core dumps. When this happens, I have to boot DOS and run something that uses the Hi-Res video mode, then reboot FreeBSD. I sure wish Diamond didn't have such big "trade secrets" to hide. : =========================================================================== : Brian O'Neill - Systems Manager, Computer Science oneill@cs.uml.edu : University of Massachusetts at Lowell Moderator, comp.binaries.ibm.pc : (508) 934-3645 Co-Moderator, comp.archives.msdos.announce Dave Colbey uddc@pool.sunyit.edu