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From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes)
Subject: Re: 386BSD HELP!inst XFfree86 on Diamond SpeedStart 24
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 23:59:00 GMT
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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
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