Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:28:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, root@kcmain-int.SKW-Inc.Com Subject: Re: XFree86 Message-ID: <199710241928.PAA13405@lakes.dignus.com>
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> Greetings,
>
> I have a new PC with a Trident 9680 chipset in it. When I try to start
> Xwindows, it switches graphics mode, goes to all black and stops. If I do a
> CTRL-ALT-BS, it comes back to my prompt. I thought this had something to do
> with the Linear Frame Buffer being mis-aligned. I tried using the config
> parameter to disable the frame buffer and it did not help.
>
> When I start X I get:
>
> SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 9660/9680/9682 rev 211, Memory @ 0xe0000000, 0xe0400000
> Trident chipset version: 0xd3 (TGUI96xx)
> SVGA: Detected a Trident 9680
> SVGA: Revision 1
> SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks
> SVGA: chipset: tgui96xx
> SVGA: videoram: 1024k
> SVGA: Using 8bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
> SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 135.000 MHz
>
Just F.Y.I - I use a Trident 9680-based board in my machine (not the
best, by far, but certainly cheap...)
First - it's probably worthwhile to go ahead and splurge for another
1024k of RAM - the video won't be worthwhile without it...
Here's my XF86Config file.
- Dave Rivers -
# XF86Config auto-generated by XF86Setup
#
# Copyright (c) 1996 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#
# See 'man XF86Config' for info on the format of this file
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc101"
XkbLayout "us"
EndSection
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/cuaa0"
BaudRate 1200
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Primary Monitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5-69
VertRefresh 55-120
Modeline "1152x864" 65.00 1152 1200 1416 1480 864 893 903 973 interlace
Modeline "1024x768" 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
Modeline "800x600" 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "640x480" 31.50 640 680 720 864 480 488 491 521
Modeline "640x400" 25.18 640 664 760 800 400 409 411 450
Modeline "480x300" 29.95 480 504 584 624 300 319 322 333 doublescan
Modeline "400x300" 25.00 400 424 488 520 300 319 322 333 doublescan
Modeline "320x240" 15.75 320 336 384 400 240 244 246 262 doublescan
Modeline "320x200" 12.59 320 336 384 400 200 204 205 225 doublescan
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Primary Card"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Trident TGUI9680 (generic)"
Option "med_dram"
# Option "tgui_pci_read_off" # Turn off PCI burst read mode.
Option "tgui_pci_write_off" # Turn off PCI burst write mode.
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Driver "SVGA"
Device "Primary Card"
Monitor "Primary Monitor"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "640x400" "480x300" "400x300" "320x240" "320x200"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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