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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!news.itd.umich.edu!pha From: pha@umich.edu (Paul H. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Stealth 64 2MB VRAM Config Date: 11 Mar 1995 16:05:47 GMT Organization: University of Michigan Lines: 66 Message-ID: <3jshos$8f7@lastactionhero.rs.itd.umich.edu> References: <3jm1cg$j10@gap.cco.caltech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: grenade.ifs.umich.edu In article <3jm1cg$j10@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, T. A. Account <ta@kelvin.caltech.edu> wrote: >Can anyone give any tips on configuring for Stealth 64 2MB VRAM >in a PCI slot. I thought I got everything write in the >config file, but no luck when I tried startx. > >Any suggestions? I think the correct params are Ramdac ATTBt485, >with ClockChip ICD2061A. > >- Joe > From my XFree 3.1 XF86Config file: Section "Device" Identifier "Stealth 64" VendorName "Diamond" BoardName "64" Ramdac "Bt485" Dacspeed 110 Option "dac_8_bit" Option "power_saver" Clockchip "icd2061a" EndSection My monitor is a ViewSonic 17G, and I use the following monitor section: Section "Monitor" Identifier "ViewSonic 17G" VendorName "ViewSonic" ModelName "17" BandWidth 86.0 HorizSync 30-64 VertRefresh 50-160 Mode "1152x900" DotClock 90 HTimings 1152 1248 1472 1552 VTimings 900 900 914 946 EndMode Mode "1280x960" DotClock 104 HTimings 1280 1376 1672 1736 VTimings 960 960 973 1008 EndMode Screen section is: Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "Stealth 64" Monitor "ViewSonic 17G" # Subsection "Display" # Depth 16 # Modes "1152x900" # ViewPort 0 0 # Virtual 1152 900 # EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1152x900" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 1152 900 EndSubsection I manually switch the file by editing to get 16 bit truecolor (the commented out lines). The setup I am using works extremely nicely. Overall, I'd take this P90 PCI machine over a Sparc 20 any day. Paul Anderson pha@umich.edu