From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Nov 9 8:50:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F134152DA for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 08:50:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA19819; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:50:10 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA71185; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:49:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:49:39 -0500 (EST) To: "Mark" Cc: "Alpha FreeBSD" Subject: Re: X free on Alpha In-Reply-To: <004401bf2acf$f3f09390$700a10ac@sierrahealth.com> References: <004401bf2acf$f3f09390$700a10ac@sierrahealth.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <14376.19903.477407.600105@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mark writes: > Ok, one last hurdle in regards to Xfree on FreeBSD Alpha...did you use > xf86config to setup your X? I ran xf86config and went through the process > (just like on x86) but when I "startx" it starts listing a bunch of > different resolution settings and says DELETED. Similar to this.. > > 3DLabs_GLINT = 640x480 8bpp DELETED > 3DLabs_GLINT = 800x600 8bpp DELETED > 3DLabs_GLINT = 1024x768 8bpp DELETED > 3DLabs_GLINT = 640x480 16bpp DELETED > 3DLabs_GLINT = 800x600 16bpp DELETED > > ...you get the idea. Any thoughts? I appreciate any hints or tips.. On x86 > I've been using Accelerated-X or the color/menu driven interface for > Xfree...not the straight black and white text setup like xf86config uses. > Any thoughts on this? I appreciate any help. BTW, my video display device > is a Diamond FireGL 1000 (Permedia 1) and which I've tested on this machine > (Alpha 255/Avanti) using Linux/Xfree and it worked fine...so I know it has > the capability..I just need a kickstart. > Yeah, you should have saved the working XF86Config ;-) You should be seeing reasons as to WHY it was delete. Eg: (--) GLINT: Mode "800x600" needs vert refresh rate of 100.03 Hz. Deleted. (--) GLINT: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) GLINT: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) GLINT: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) GLINT: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. These usually have to do with your monitor settings being too conservative. Check the VertRefresh & HorizSync in your XF86Config file. For jrandom DEC VRT17-HAs I'm using: HorizSync 30 - 90.0 VertRefresh 50-90 My 1280x1024 modeline is: # 1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064 I'm certainly not an X configuration expert. Perhaps somebody else could help you further.. Drew ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Gallatin, Sr Systems Programmer http://www.cs.duke.edu/~gallatin Duke University Email: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science Phone: (919) 660-6590 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message