From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 28 16: 8:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF7B37B401 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 16:08:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from battlezone.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (smtp@battlezone.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.140]) by berzerk.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/4.3-mailhub) with ESMTP id TAA00347; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:08:26 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (timcm@localhost) by battlezone.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/5.1-client) with ESMTP id TAA13768; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:08:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:08:25 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen X-Sender: timcm@battlezone.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: Matt Bettinger Cc: "'Nader Turki'" , "'Janet Sullivan'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: TNT2 In-Reply-To: <71F816A89AA9D3119F4C00D0B7094EFC20631A@FIN_SYN> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Matt Bettinger wrote: > i have a Riva TNT2 32 meg running at 10204X768 @32bpp > sync rates for my multisyn fe700 are set at 31.5-70 and 55-120 Bummer, I try that and it looks seriously messed up. The ranges on my monitor are 30-85 and 50-150 which works perfect at 800x600. Tim > Hi Nader, > > On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Nader Turki wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. > > I reinstalled FreeBSD few times and couldn't get it to work. > > You don't need to reinstall to change XFree settings. Just run > /stand/sysinstall from root and look for the options for Xfree > configuration. > > > I have this Card: > > Cardexpert TM64 Nvidia Riva TNT2 4xAGP 32MB VGA > > I have that exact card but with 16MB memory. The M64 is actually > different than the ultra vanta, but my dmesg also incorrectly says ultra > vanta. I can only get the card working with 800x600 and 16 bit color. > XFree86 setup, the graphical program only works in that setting for me. > Try picking only that combination in Xfree86setup then test it. If not, > try different combinations one at a time. > > > And I think my other Problem is the Monitor, It's a ViewSonic PF970. > > I believe the monitor should work perfectly as long as you know > the exact vertical and horizontal scan rate ranges for it. Somebody > correct me if I am wrong, but I hope that is the way it is. > > > Hope one of you guys can help me and tell me which settings should I > choose. > > Now I feel stupid 'cause I sold my old PC. I had an old 8MB card on it. I > > used to SuperProbe and use the XF86Config script. > > Apparently nvidia does not do a good job of giving out > documentation to their cards so the drivers for their cards are not the > best. Possibly as a result, superprobe does not work on this card. > > Does anybody have Xfree 3.3.6 with this card running at a higher > resolution? I was once able to get a higher resolution to run using the > text configure program instead of the graphical setup.(I think > 1280x1024) but the edges were warped beyond what my monitor could adjust > for (it has a lot of adjustments for shape and things.) > The monitor is a Proview 19inch that I got for $200. Is it > possible that it is the monitor is causing the problems or that its manual > was incorrect when specifying the scan rates? Unfortunately I don't have > another monitor I can use to test the card at high resolutions. > Even though the card was only $80, and I could get another one, I > want to get this one to work. It is frustrating to have a card and a > monitor that can do 1600x1200 but be stuck at 800x600 > > Thanks a lot, > Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message