Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 23:12:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Dave Wreski <dwreski@ultrix.ramapo.edu> To: Jan Isley <jan@bagend.atl.ga.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XF86Config question.. Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.950824225520.9767A-100000@ultrix.ramapo.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508250227.WAA03878@bagend.atl.ga.us>
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On Thu, 24 Aug 1995, Jan Isley wrote:
> Dave Wreski wrote:
>
> > I have a Diamond Stealth Video 64 VRAM and an AcerView 76i, 17" monitor.
> > X starts and runs pretty well, but the left side seems to 'fold' or 'roll'
> > into the right side. So, if I move a window past the left side, it appears
> > on the right side. I was hoping someone might have a similar xconfig
> > that they could share. So far, I have:
>
> You must be using XFree86 version 3.1.2 for your card to work. The
> answers to your questions will be found in the README.S3 and other
> files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc
I sure did read them. That is how I noticed that my card was not
directly supported. Before purchasing the card not too long ago, I saw
in the hardware-howto that it was supported.
>
> you will want to experiment with these options in your video device
> section.
>
> Option "Diamond"
> Option "dac_8_bit"
> Option "nolinear"
> Option "slow_vram"
>
Yea, sure am using 3.1.2. Is there any chance of having the card
supported in the next version?
Great results with that info. It actually fixed the problem! I love
it. Now, just a few other small questions... 1. I have a serial mouse
(MS) and X doesn't like it when I use selection/gpm. I thought that was
for ps/2 or busmice only...
2. Is slow_vram any indication that the board _is_ actually slow? It
does seem a little sluggish (well, faster than my cirrus 5428) but I
would expect it to be one of the faster ones that run under XFree.
3. I started out using my config from my old machine/card, and the color
map must have changed, becuase my white background has turned purple.
Which option/path do I need to change to get the correct color map?
4. How do get this card to use the maximum amount of colors that is
possible? I would like to do like 64k or something like that. This is
one part of configuring X that I don't know much about, due to the fact
that the other cards I have had sucked.
Follows is 'startx 2>&1 | less'. I was hoping you could look thru
it to see if there are any blaring problems, or things that could be
fixed.
Thanks so much. X runs better than it ever has..
Dave Wreski
dwreski@ultrix.ramapo.edu
XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
mmio_928, s3_generic
(using VT number 12)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/ttyS0, baudrate: 1200,
3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "AcerView 76i"
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) S3: Option "nolinear"
(**) S3: Option "slow_vram"
(**) S3: Option "s3_slow_vram"
(**) S3: Option "dac_8_bit"
(**) S3: Option "diamond"
(--) S3: card type: PCI
(--) S3: chipset: 968 rev. 31
(**) S3: chipset driver: mmio_928
(**) S3: videoram: 2048k
(--) S3: Detected a TI ViewPoint 3026 RAMDAC rev. 11
(--) S3: Ramdac type: ti3026
(--) S3: Ramdac speed: 135
(--) S3: Using hardware cursor from Ti3026 RAMDAC
(--) S3: Using TI 3026 programmable clock (MCLK 63.000 MHz)
(--) S3: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
(**) S3: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 75.000
(**) S3: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000
(**) S3: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 31.500
(--) S3: Operating RAMDAC in pixel multiplex mode
(**) S3: Using 16 bpp. Color weight: 565
(**) S3: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
(--) S3: Using a banksize of 64k, line width of 1024
(--) S3: Using a single 64x64 area at (960,768) for expanding pixmaps
(--) S3: Using 16 planes of 960x256 at (0,768) aligned 8 as font cache
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