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From: Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
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To: Rajesh Vaidheeswarran <rv@fore.com>
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Subject: Re: Number Nine FX Motion 771 w/ 4mb and Viewsonic 21PS and FBSD 2.1.0
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On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Rajesh Vaidheeswarran wrote:

> (**) S3: Unknown RAMDAC type "ibm_rgb52x"
> 
>  *** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.***
> 
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> 

Rerun xf86config and press return on the two screens that ask for a RAMDAC
and clockchip - X will find these on it's own.

> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Number Nine FX Motion 771"
>     VendorName  "Number Nine"
>     BoardName   "FX Motion 771"
>     #VideoRam    4096
>    #s3RefClk  16
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
Uncomment this line and add this line:

    DacSpeed 220


Add this line to each Display subsection in the Screen section:
 
	Invert_VCLK "*" 0

> Section "Screen"
>     Driver      "accel"
>     Device      "Number Nine FX Motion 771"
>     Monitor     "ViewSonic 21PS"
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       8
>         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual     1600 1280
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       16
>         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1280x1024"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual     1280 1024
>     EndSubsection
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       32
>         Modes       "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual     1024 768
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection

Hope this helps.

Frank
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