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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!longacre.demon.co.uk From: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk (Michael Searle) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: New mode definitions in XF86Config Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 12:30:09 BST Lines: 65 Message-ID: <nD34B0974@longacre.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: longacre.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: longacre.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Offlite 0.09 / Termite Internet for Acorn RISC OS Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.windows.x:88245 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20010 What do I have to do to my XF86Config to put a new resolution in? I am using XFree86 3.1.2 on a PC with a Miro Crystal 20SV (S3/968, 2MB, 135MHz) and a 64kHz Nokia monitor. The standard 1024x768x64k and 800x600x16M modes work OK. I tried xvidtune, but this only seems to be able to change existing modes, not create new ones. What I want is a 1152x864 mode, 16 bit colour. I know this is possible with this hardware, as the MS Windows driver offers it as a standard option, which I am now using in MS Windows. I guess I will have to put in a new ModeLine, and do something to the Screen section, but the man pages are not very helpful. Is there anyone with similar hardware that can tell me what changes are needed? Here are the relevant parts of my XF86Config: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Nokia449M" VendorName "Nokia" ModelName "449M" HorizSync 30-64 VertRefresh 48-120 # 640x480 @ 72Hz, 36.5kHz hsync Modeline "640x480" 31.5 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521 # 800x600 @ 72Hz, 48.0kHz hsync Modeline "800x600" 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync # 1024x768 @ 76Hz, 62.5kHz hsync Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Miro Crystal 20SV" VendorName "Miro" BoardName "20SV" Ramdac "att20c505" Clockchip "icd2061a" EndSection Section "Screen" Driver "accel" Device "Miro Crystal 20SV" Monitor "Nokia449M" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 1024 768 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 Virtual 800 600 EndSubsection EndSection -- Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk