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To: wolperte@knox.pcec.philips.com (ED WOLPERT )
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Subject: Re: Trident 9440 help with Xfree86, on Freebsd 
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Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 09:46:40 -0700
From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
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>Folks-
>	I've installed Freebsd 2.0, from the Walnut creek cdrom.
>I've been trying to get the x working, and have gotten it ok at 
>800x600, 16colors.  My card (VL-46, trident TVGA9440) can support
>256 colors at 1024x768, and so can my monitor (Philips cm4015)
>I realize that the latest chipset from Trident that is supported
>is the 9420, but I'd figure I'd try it anyway.  (Since it's
>the only one I've got. ;-)
>
>	Basically, when I do the configuration, everything is there,
>and I'm trying to emulate the 9420 chipset.  However, the xfree
>code sees the version of the board (0xe3 I believe) and reconizes
>that it's unknown, so it defaults to generic.  Perhaps there is a 
>way to configure generic to handle 1024x768 at 256 colors?  Any
>ideas?

Ask the folks at XFree86.org?

>
>-- 
>                           Virtually,
>                           Edward Wolpert
>
>-------------------------------  "The best way out is always
>wolperte@pcec.knox.philips.com |  through." - Robert Frost 
>wolpert@utk.edu                | 
>===============================  'Give me a shell, and I'll
>Truth is what you believe.     |  give you the world.' (tm)
>-------------------------------  
>
>
>Fnord.

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Justin T. Gibbs
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