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Date:      Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:41:12 -0700
From:      Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        pippo@bellnet.ca
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Xfree86 Setup problem continued with changes
Message-ID:  <20021025064112.4d0c0e07.chip@wiegand.org>
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20021025090708.00aaae60@pop51.bellnet.ca>
References:  <3DB8D805.5080304@wiegand.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20021025090708.00aaae60@pop51.bellnet.ca>

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It's working now, I did have to set the HorizSync and VertRefresh
info manually. Seems I recall reading something about X not needing
those anymore after v4.1.0, but maybe not.
Anyway,
Thanks to all.
--
Chip W

pippo@bellnet.ca wrote this stuff on Fri, 25 Oct 2002 09:13:18 -0400:

> At 10:35 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> For what it's worth, I had a similar problem.
> First, I think you need the vertical and horizontal frequencies in the
> 
> Monitor section-
> Mine is:
> HorizSync       30.0 - 95.0
> VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
> 
> This is specific to my kSony Trinitron MultiscanE500 - Yours will be
> different. I found that the default Depth did nothing for me, so I
> didn't enter it. Then, you will have to experiment with the Depth and
> Mode settings until you get one that works - this may be dependent on
> the video memory of your card.
> I got mine to work with Depth 8 and Modes "1280x1024" "1024x728" and
> Depth 16 and Modes "1280x1024" "1024x728"  ; my card is supposed to
> support 1600x1200 and depth of 24 (I think), but what the hell, it
> works quite well. Good luck,
> PJ
> 
> >Okay, I have X running in 640x480 or 320x240 modes.
> >As you can see in the XFree86Config file below it is set
> >to display at higher resolutions. I know the monitor will
> >do it because the box dual-boots win2k and it runs the
> >graphics at 1024x768/16bit.
> >I added an old AGP video card, disabled the onboard video.
> >Why is the system ignoring the settings for the screens?
> >--
> >Chip W
> >
> >-----------------------------------------
> >Section "ServerLayout"
> >        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
> >        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> >        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> >        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Files"
> >        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> >        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> >        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> >        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
> >        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> >        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> >        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Module"
> >        Load  "dbe"
> >        Load  "dri"
> >        Load  "extmod"
> >        Load  "glx"
> >        Load  "pex5"
> >        Load  "record"
> >        Load  "xie"
> >        Load  "xtrap"
> >        Load  "speedo"
> >        Load  "type1"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
> >        Driver      "keyboard"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "InputDevice"
> >        Identifier  "Mouse0"
> >        Driver      "mouse"
> >        Option      "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> >        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Monitor"
> >        #DisplaySize      260   200     # mm
> >        Identifier   "Monitor0"
> >        VendorName   "ADI"
> >        ModelName    "741"
> >        Option      "DPMS"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Device"
> >        ### Available Driver options are:-
> >        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
> >        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
> >        ### [arg]: arg optional
> >        #Option     "accel"                     # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "crt_screen"                # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "composite_sync"            # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "hw_cursor"                 # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "linear"                    # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "mmio_cache"                # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "probe_clocks"              # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "reference_clock"           # <freq>
> >        #Option     "shadow_fb"                 # [<bool>]
> >        #Option     "sw_cursor"                 # [<bool>]
> >        Identifier  "Card0"
> >        Driver      "ati"
> >        VendorName  "ATI"
> >        BoardName   "Mach64 GD"
> >        ChipSet     "ati"
> >        ChipId      0x4744
> >        ChipRev     0x5c
> >        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> >EndSection
> >
> >Section "Screen"
> >        Identifier "Screen0"
> >        Device     "Card0"
> >        Monitor    "Monitor0"
> >        DefaultDepth 16
> >
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     1
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     4
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     8
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     15
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     16
> >                Modes     "1024x768" "800x600"
> >        EndSubSection
> >        SubSection "Display"
> >                Depth     24
> >        EndSubSection
> >EndSection
> >
> >
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