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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
Lines: 39

	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