Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Sun, 6 Oct 1996 10:49:28 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
To:        Flavio Genelhu Oliveira <boo@gold.horizontes.com.br>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: X, My headache :)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.961006104455.12735H-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
In-Reply-To: <199610051132.IAA06515@gold.horizontes.com.br>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Flavio Genelhu Oliveira wrote:

> I am having terribles headaches to install and make X to work.
> I have a SyncMaster3 from SAMSUNG and a PCI SVGA board i can't
> determine its vendor nor type nor nothing :)
> 
> Well, in the xf86config i put the hsync and vsync from the
> monitor's manual (which have a precision of three decimal
> points - i really don't have them with me now) and just to 
> ensure compatibility i used the VGA16 server. When I tried
> to run startx the screen was in graphical mode, but with
> several vertical lines black and white. When i move my
> mouse, part of the screen bacame dark white. I also tried
> to change the server into the mono VGA, and into the SVGA
> server with the same result. 
> 
> Anything else i need to try?

I'd try the standard VESA values, first... 
The commented out lines tell you, what horizontal frequencies
the monitor has to support.


# 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
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600"     36     800  824  896 1024   600  601  603  625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768i"    44.9  1024 1048 1208 1264   768  776  784  817 Interlace
# 640x480 @ 72 Hz, 36.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480"     31.5   640  680  720  864   480  488  491  521
# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600"     40     800  840  968 1056   600  601  605  628 +hsync +vs
ync
# 800x600 @ 72 Hz, 48.0 kHz hsync
Modeline "800x600"     50     800  856  976 1040   600  637  643  666 +hsync +vs
ync
# 1024x768 @ 60 Hz, 48.4 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768"    65    1024 1032 1176 1344   768  771  777  806 -hsync -vs
ync

Use only Modelines with x kHz hsync frequenzy under the max value of
your monitor !!!


__
andreas@klemm.gtn.com         /\/\___      Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH
   Andreas Klemm          ___/\/\/         Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de
pgp p-key  http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html  >>> powered by <<<
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz  >>>    FreeBSD <<<




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.95.961006104455.12735H-100000>