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From: shah@amiserv.xnet.com (Hemant Shah)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Help !! Configuring X under freebsd 2.0
Date: 24 Jan 1995 04:16:14 GMT
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Hi,
I recently installed FreeBSD 2.0 (Walnut Creek), I installed XFree86
and configured it (hacked the config file) for Diamond Stealth 32 PCI
card. I can start X only in 640x480 mode, when I switch to higher resolutions
(my card and monitor supports 1024x768) my monitor goes nuts.
Also in 640x480 mode I see random black dots on the screen, and when the
text in color_xterm scrolls, everything in the window turns into gibberish.
xterm dumps core on me.
Here is my hardware configuration:
60 MHz Pentium (ASUS PCI/I-P5MP3 Motherboard)
16 MB Memory
NCR SCSI COntroller (53C810 Chip)
Diamond Stealth 32 PCI Video with 2MB DRAM
PHILLIPS 1557AS 15" NI Monitor
Conner 212 MB Harddisk
Seagate 520 MB Harddisk
US Robotics Sporster 14.4 Fax/Modem
Logitech Trackman 2
3.5" Floppy
Soundblaster 16 Sound card with SB CDROM.
Here is a chunk of my XF86Config file:
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Phillips 1557AS"
VendorName "Phillips"
ModelName "1557AS"
Bandwidth 110
HorizSync 30-58
VertRefresh 50-100
# 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1048 1208 1264 768 776 784 817 Interlace
# 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521
# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync
+vsync
# 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync
+vsync
# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync
-vsync
# 1024x768 @ 70 Hz, 56.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync
-vsync
# 1280x1024 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 51 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
# 1024x768 @ 76 Hz, 62.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Chipset "generic"
Section "Device"
Identifier "Diamond Stealth 32 PCI"
VendorName "Diamond"
BoardName "Stealth 32 PCI"
VideoRam 2048
ClockChip "ics2595"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Generic VGA"
#Device "Diamond Stealth 32 PCI"
Monitor "Phillips 1557AS"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 320 200
#Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
# The 16-color VGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "vga16"
Device "Generic VGA"
Monitor "Phillips 1557AS"
Subsection "Display"
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
# The accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, AGX, W32)
Section "Screen"
Driver "accel"
Device "Diamond Stealth 32 PCI"
Monitor "Phillips 1557AS"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "640x480" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 800 600
EndSubsection
EndSection
My X server is linked to XF86_W32
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanx :-)
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