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From: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net>
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Subject: Re: Xfree86 config.
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>
> how should I config X11 on a ATI Xpert 99, 8M with a Packard bell PB 8528 SVG monitor?
> 
	Your monitor manual should list the Horizontal Sync rate (aka
   line frequency) as a range expressed in kHz, and the Vertical Sync
   rate (aka refresh frequency) in Hz. Enter those ranges (or, if no
   other option, numbres) when XF86Config/XF86Setup asks for them. For
   the video card, you need do nothing more than find the correct driver
   for them (it might be SVGA, I don't know). Everything else about the
   video card should be probed and configured automatically.

	After that, you probably need to fiddle with XF86Config/XF86Setup
   to get your window centered in the screen, sized correctly, etc. Then
   enter those numbers as a "mode" for your monitor. An example of a 
   mode is:

ModeLine     "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1400 1528 1768 1024 1031 1046 1104 -hsync -vsync

   But I wouldn't recommend you use this one. Overdriving the monitor is
   bad!

	Whether you use XF86Config or XF86Setup shouldn't really matter.

								Bruce


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