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- From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
- Subject: Re: [Help] Xfree86, Trident, interlace
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:27:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.182750.19116@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec16.102720.3282@siemens.co.at>
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- In article <1992Dec16.102720.3282@siemens.co.at> fuer@nessie.gud.siemens.co.at (Gerhard Fuernkranz) writes:
- > My configuration:
- >
- > - Xfree86-1.1 running under Linux
- > - SVGA card with Trident 8900C chip, 1MB ram
- > - NEC 3D monitor
- >
- > The video modes 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768 work fine in
- > non-interlaced mode. But, due to the limitations of my monitor
- > (max. 38kHz horizontal frequency) I use a dot clock of 45 MHz
- > for 1024x768, which results in a vertical frequency of below
- > 50 HZ (I'll get woozy, when I have to look at the screen for a longer
- > time).
- >
- > So I tried to design an interlaced video mode. I used the modegen
- > spreadsheet, that is available under Linux to compute the parameters.
- > I used a dot clock of 36 MHz, which results in a vertical frequency
- > of about 43 Hz (which should be 86 Hz in interlaced mode),
- > wrote the resulting configuration values from the spreadsheet into
- > the Xconfig file an put the keyword `interlace' at the end of the line.
- >
- > My monitor syncs, both horizontally and vertically, but the first of
- > the two half-pictures appears on the top half of the screen and the
- > second one on the bottom, i.e. everything is drawn twice and with the
- > half height. There also is a horicontal gray stripe between the
- > two pictures, which seems to be the v-sync, that is produced by the
- > VGA card between the two half-pictures.
- > The flickering picture lets me believe, that the monitor syncs at
- > 43 Hz (i.e. every 2nd v-sync pulse) instead of 86 Hz.
- > I also tried to to put `[+-][vh]sync' into the Xconfig file, but
- > it did not influence the behaviour.
- >
- > N.B.: Interlaced 1024x768 mode works fine under DOS and with
- > Linux' tvgalib.
- >
- > Does anybody know, what's going on or what I have made wrong ?
- > Are there special timing requirements for interlaced modes ?
- >
- > Thanks in advance
- >
- > g.f.
- >
- > --
- > Gerhard Fuernkranz SIEMENS Austria Corp.
- > Email: fuer@siemens.co.at Gudrunstr. 11
- > Phone: +43-1-60171-5716 A-1100 Wien
-
- Hmm. I don't think we ever tested an interlaced mode when doing the
- Trident driver. The appropriate register is being set, though. Since
- I don't have a Trident board any more, is there anyone using a Trident
- who is willing and able to dive into the source code (with our help,
- of course)? If so, send email to xfree86@physics.su.oz.au to
- volunteer. We're also looking to folks to help get things working on
- the 9000 chipset, too (forget about 8800 or 8900B - it's never going
- to happen).
-
- --
- David Wexelblat <dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com> (908) 957-5871
- AT&T Bell Laboratories, 200 Laurel Ave - 3F-428, Middletown, NJ 07748
-
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