Date: Tue, 3 Jan 1995 16:41:49 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: dusio <dusio@ws062.bytex.network.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, dusio@ws062.bytex.network.com Subject: Re: Can't get 1024x768 in Xfree Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950103164047.24745A-100000@periodic.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <9501031509.AA08785@ws062>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, dusio wrote: Are you aware of mode switching? Try control-alt-keypad/plus or keypad/minus. > > I am thrilled with real "X" under FreeBSD on my home pc. > Thanks to the questions@freebsd system I have resolved the > problems with my Microsoft BusMouse. I am using X, but am > unable to get a resolution higher than 640x480. This is > a problem for me since an emacs session creates a window > which is larger than my physical screen. > > I have put some serious effort into configuring my > XF86Config file. I have read the "Hitchhiker guide to > Xfree/X386 Video Timing" by Eric S. Raymond, and have > performed the calculations therein. No Luck; I just > am not doing something right. I need some help. > > [ I have also tried the xf86config program. But if I > answer "yes" to "X -probeonly" within that program, my > monitor flips on a LED which tells me that it cant sync > with the incoming signal, AND the X server seems to hang > (since typing "reboot" or "shutdown now" has no effect). > So it creates ModeLines which do not use my dot clocks ] > > My site specific information is as follows: > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Section "Device" > Identifier "Diamond Stealth Pro" > VendorName "Diamond Computer Systems, Inc." > BoardName "Stealth Pro" > Chipset "s3_generic" > Option "nomemaccess" > # RamDac "SS2410 (9313A/T140x)" > # Clockchip "DCS2824-0 (9313LAD) 14.318xtal" > # Chipset "S3 P86c928 1XP1-001 93295 DB 9318095 Korea" > VideoRam 2048 > Clocks 19.9 22.3 24.8 25.0 28.1 31.3 > Clocks 32.2 35.7 35.9 37.0 39.8 > Clocks 39.7 44.6 49.6 49.9 56.2 62.6 > Clocks 64.4 71.4 71.8 73.9 79.6 > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > > Identifier "MAG MX15F" > VendorName "MAG" > ModelName "MX15F" > Bandwidth 100 > HorizSync 30-64 > VertRefresh 50-120 > # This monitor supports 72hz refresh and is NI > > # 640x400 @ 70 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync > Modeline "640x400" 25.175 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450 > # 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync > Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 > EndSection > ------------------------------------------------------- > > The two modes listed above work. But I am unable to scale > them up to 1024X768 (or 800x600 or 1280x1024). > > Could it be that I need more than 32 ticks of guard time? > Could it be that 3.8us is too little time to stabilize the > beam? > Could it be that 150us is too little time for a vertical > refresh? > Could it be that I did the math wrong? > > > I think that I've come close, but I would really appreciate > the answers (or advice) from someone who has lived through > this configuration process. > > Thank You in Advance > Joe Dusio (dusio@bytex.network.com) > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 7608 Topton St. | New Carrollton, MD 20784 | I run Journey2 (Freebsd 2.0) and n3lxx (301) 459-2316 | (FreeBSD 1.1.5.1) and am I happy! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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