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- From: satishc@microsoft.com (Satish Chittamuru)
- Subject: Re: FAQ: Yes, the Dimond Stealth works in 1024x768
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.223846.28952@microsoft.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 22:38:46 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <crh.723882424@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> <SVERKERW.92Dec11051515@meryl.csd.uu.se> <badger.724106648@phylo>
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- In article <badger.724106648@phylo> badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes:
- >
- > It is time to clear up this confusion. The Diamond Stealth works fine
- > in 1024x768x256 -- the trick is to run Windows first (in 1024x768). This sets
- > the clocks.
-
- Actually there is no confusion. Quite a few people have posted this
- "trick". Boot up in DOS, set your clocks, then *WARM BOOT* into
- Linux.
-
- > What we really need is a program that can set the clocks within Linux. I often
- > think the reason this hasn't been written is philosophical rather than
- > technical. Many people have the absurd belief that writing something like
- > this would send the wrong message to Diamond that their policies are OK.
- > Diamond's policies are bad, I agree. But I can assure you that they could
- > not care less about the very small Linux user base -- refusing to support
- > their cards is NOT going to bring about a change.
-
- You are probably right in that the reason is more philosophical than
- technical (I wouldn't know). But the belief is not absurd, IMHO. Well,
- if they don't care, too bad. I have plenty of other choices.
-
- Besides, nobody is *refusing* to support those cards. All they are
- saying is this: In the absence of reliable docs on how to program
- the clock, our (the Linux & X coders) time is better spent supporting
- chipsets that do have the docs available and hence easier to program
- for.
-
- > Telling us "sell your Stealth" is obviously a pretty unrealistic solution.
- > Most of us can't afford to sell hardware every thirty seconds when some
- > piece of software or another doesn't support it.
-
- True. So I have a suggestion. Write the driver for the Stealth and
- put in the public domain. All the posts I have seen from Dave Wexelblat
- (?) have said that if someone is willing to write drivers for the
- currently unsupported chipsets/boards, he would be happy to include
- them in XFree86.
-
- The Linux and XFree86 hackers (The GNU people too) have done an
- excellent job in providing a quite reliable OS, utilities & tools.
- My heartfelt thanks to them on a job well done. If *they* are unable
- to write a driver for a non-standard piece of hardware that *I*
- have, I don't believe I have right to tell them that what they are
- doing is absurd or of no effect. IMHO, ofcourse!
-
- --
- Satish K. Chittamuru satishc@microsoft.com
- =====
- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein, either stated or implied, are
- solely my own and do not reflect Microsoft's views in any manner.
-