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From: mishra@pxt.dsg.dec.com (Alok Mishra)
Subject: Xfree86 server not working corretly
Message-ID: <1992Oct28.192956@pxt.macaw.com>
Sender: usenet@nntpd.lkg.dec.com (USENET News System)
Reply-To: mishra@grouse.dsg.dec.com (Alok Mishra)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 00:29:56 GMT
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Hi,
I finally managed to compile entire X11R5 source tree ,
I got all clients installed and they work fine ( I can display to other
workstations ) also server comes up on :0 but it has problems
things are not very clear , ( it does not scroll , horizontally and vertically
I mean
display is steady I can pan )
but there are vertical lines across the screen all the way till half of the
screen ,fonts are not being displayed correctly ,characters are displayed
by broken lines ,mouse is fine
I have
XFree86 Version 1.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
Configured drivers:
VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
et4000, et3000, pvga1, gvga, ati, tvga8900
ATI BIOS Information Block:
Signature code: 31 = VGA WONDER
Chip version: 3 = ATI 28800-2
BIOS version: 1.3
Byte at offset 0x42 = 0x11
Byte at offset 0x44 = 0x49
This video adapter is a: VGA WONDER PLUS (V6)
My system is Gateway 2000 with crstal scan 1024 monitor , I am using
following modeDB values
"640x480" 31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
"800x600" 44 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
when I switch to 800x600 flicker is noticeable.
Please help.
Thanks
Alok Kumar