From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 17:23:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA17889 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:23:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA17875 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 17:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA29564; Wed, 22 May 1996 10:07:02 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605220037.KAA29564@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Hardware support - X windows To: harr9446@cs.uidaho.edu (Michael L. Harrison) Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 10:07:01 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <31A22DA3.6A72@cs.uidaho.edu> from "Michael L. Harrison" at May 21, 96 01:55:00 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael L. Harrison stands accused of saying: > > I don't know if this is the right place to ask this so if it > isn't let me know where I can get the info. You could probably try questions@xfree86.org. > I have a > 1) Diamond Multimedia Stealth 2201TV PCI 1280x1024 NI 2mb Dram > SVGA video adapter This is an S3-868 based card, correct? > 2) Sony Multiscan 17sf II monitor We have several of these. > and I am trying to set it up for XFree, I can't get it to start up from > what I know and was wondering what the settings are. What in particular are you trying to achieve? Do you have X starting at all? For your reference, here's a modeline for the 17sf that lets you run at 1280x1024 : Modeline "1280x1024" 105 1280 1340 1520 1680 1024 1027 1030 1056 This pushes the monitor right to the limit of its operating range, but it's been rock-steady on all the systems we use. > Mike -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[