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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5666 ; Fri, 01 Jan 93 01:52:13 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: 386BSD HELP!inst XFfree86 on Diamond SpeedStart 24 Message-ID: <1992Dec27.235900.19355@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1992Dec23.125537.1@cua.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:59:00 GMT Lines: 44 In article <1992Dec23.125537.1@cua.edu> 48ganelin@cua.edu writes: > > I have the problem with installation XFree86 in 386BSD. >I have Diamond SpeedStar 24. (in specification list DSS + SIERRA >HIcolor, label in the chip -- Diamond SpeedStar 24, BTW is it the >same) > There is a note in README file that this board does support >XFree86. Does it mean I can't run XFree in any case, even at >least black and white or some kind of generic VGA. The mono server will work in "generic" mode. >#Try2. >#load to MS DOS ># clock.exe ET4000 ># 21 25 61 65 21 25 61 65 ^^ ^^ Because the SS24 uses a programmable clock synth, these values will not always be the same. They will be set to whatever the last DOS graphics program set them too (but they get reset on a cold boot). Some people use the SS24 with XFree86 by first booting DOS and running a graphics program to set the clock, then booting Unix. ># >xclk -h 61 800 ># get some number put them to the Config file >xdm -nodaemon ># the same result as above. Blinking for about one minutes and ># then the same screen. I decided to play with the modeDB numbers ># but never get permanent picture To find out why the server is failing, take a look at xdm's error file /usr/X386/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors. In this case it's probably because of mode/clock mismatches. You should initially leave out the Clocks line in Xconfig, and look at the error log to see what clocks the server detects. David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes (dawes@physics.su.oz.au) DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------