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- From: kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca (kevin fisher U)
- Subject: How I got TVGA&X working!
- Message-ID: <C0rsIM.8oB@mach1.wlu.ca>
- Summary: Whew....
- Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 02:06:22 GMT
- Lines: 160
-
- Ok, due to the fact that several people have mailed me wanting to know how I
- got my TVGA working (well!) with X, I'm posting this....
-
- First, my equipment:
- 386-40 AMD, no co-pro, 8meg
- TTX SVGA (2 fixed scan rates) monitor
- TVGA8900C (1meg)
- running Linux .98pl5 (nice!)
-
-
-
- First, I would reccomend you get the latest version of Xfree86 from tsx-11,
- namely Xfree 1.1. However, I did get the TVGA working ok with the one that
- comes with SLS (1.0y I believe?), only thing is, when you leave X, you get a
- blank screen..
-
-
- Ok, by popular demand, here's my Xconfig:
-
-
- # TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
- # PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
- #
- # Author: Thomas Roell, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
-
- #
- # some nice paths, to avoid conflicts with other X-servers
- #
- RGBPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb"
- FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
-
- # Use this if the Type1 font code is in the server
- #FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
-
- # NoTrapSignals
-
- #Xqueue
-
- Keyboard
- AutoRepeat 500 5
- # Xleds 1 2 3
- ServerNumLock
- # DontZap
-
- Busmouse "/dev/bmouselogitec" # for my bus mouse!!
- #MouseSystems "/dev/ttys0"
- # BaudRate 1200
- # SampleRate 150
- # Emulate3Buttons
-
-
- #
- # The graphics drivers
- # First the colour driver
- #
- vga256
- # Virtual 1152 900
-
- Clocks 25 28 45 36 57 65 50 40 # I don't think this is really needed..
-
-
- # To disable SpeedUp, use NoSpeedUp
- #
- # NoSpeedUp
-
- Virtual 1024 1024
-
- ViewPort 0 0
-
- Modes "640x480"
-
- # actually, here I can use 640x400, 800x600, and my 'special'
- # 808x570 mode.
- #
- #
- # Next the mono driver
- #
- vga2
-
- Virtual 1024 768
-
- ViewPort 0 0
-
- Modes "640x480"
- # Modes "800x600" "640x480"
-
- ModeDB
- # OFFICIAL VESA Monitor timings + IBM Standards - TRY THESE FIRST
- # Contributor: Thomas Roell [roell@sgcs.com]
- # Last Edit Date: 3/29/92
- #
- # name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags
- # I think these are the defaults, and they worked okay.
- "640x480" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
- 31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
- # this 'special' mode I defined because 800x600 has a slight flicker on
- # my monitor that makes my eyes buggy...I have to work on that one still..
- # "808x570" 36 808 816 936 1016 570 576 578 590
-
- # I got 800x600 working fine, but with a very slight (but annoying)
- # flicker.
- # "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
- # 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
- # 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
- #"1024x768i" 44 1024 1040 1216 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace
- #"1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
- # 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
- # 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
- #"1280x1024i" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
- #"1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
- # 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
-
-
-
- ....as it is, this Xconfig works great for me, brining me into a nice
- 640X480 screen (1024x1024 virtual) with no problems. The 800x modes also
- work great, but I get a slight flicker on my el-cheapo SVGA monitor that
- drives me nuts.
-
- This Xconfig also worked fine for me under 1.0y Xfree (the one that comes
- with SLS) only that, when you exit the server, you don't get your text mode
- back.
- This problem was fixed very nicely by upgrading to Xfree 1.1, which takes
- care of this Trident woe.
-
- A couple notes on installing Xfree 1.1:
- If you already have SLS with X on it, you should go to tsx-11 and grab all
- the files under the Xfree-1.1 directory under ../packages/X11 I think. Read
- the README thoroughly, and untar everything at the root. But note that one
- of the xbin TZ files will try to make a symlink for X --> X386. BUT, when
- it tries, tar will crap out because a symlink already exists for X from the
- previous distribution of Xfree, causing tar to skip the entire
- /usr/X386/bin directory. What I did was untar the whole thing at the root,
- and then untar the ..bin directory separatly, and copy it all 'by hand' to
- the real /usr/X386/bin, and then create the symbolic link a-la 'ln X386 X.'
-
- The same Xconfig seems to work under 1.1, even though the readme says there
- are differences (I haven't found any in the supplied sample, either). I'm
- running Openlook without a hitch, and my TVGA card can stay a LITTLE while
- longer (until it screws up again :)
-
-
- I hope this helps you distraught TVGA owners...any comments/cries for help,
- feel free to e-mail me!
-
-
- Note: I did have it working with only 4-meg...just a little slower, is all.
-
- another Note: A lot of people have X dying because of the last line of
- their .xinitrc file, which usually looks something like 'exec olvwm' or
- whatever window manager you are using. DO NOT put this command into the
- background (ie exec olvwm & ) or the X server will die. Just a little note,
- I've noticed it happining quite often...
-
-
- --
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- Kevin Fisher ><> | "Thank you. You can't believe everything you
- kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca | see and hear, can you?" - Hendrix, 'EXP'
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