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- From: pspeer@cradle.UUCP (Sysop)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Beginner questions
- Message-ID: <2TmFqB1w165w@cradle.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 13:09:12 EDT
- Organization: Cradle Consulting - Columbus, OH
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- I have just recently installed the SLS package on my PC. Version 0.96 full
- base and X11. Everything has gone fairly well but I have a couple of problems
- that I could use some help on...
-
- 1) Under X11 I have 640x480 running fine however I can't seem to get things
- set correctly for 800x600 or 1024x768. I have one of the original Diamond
- SpeedSTAR VGA boards and a MAG PMV1448 monitor. I am able to run these high
- resolutions under Microsoft Windows with no problems so I assume I am not
- setting things up correctly in Xconfig. The specs on these are:
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- Monitor - Bandwidth 65MHz, Vertical scan freq. 50Hz to 90Hz, Horizontal scan
- freq. 30KHz to 32 KHz and 47KHz to 49KHz (Dual-freuency monitor).
-
- Board - Clock.exe reports clocks of 25MHz, 28MHz, 45MHz and 64MHz.
-
- I tried numerous configurations and finally had to lie and say I had a 31MHz
- clock to get 640x480 to work, however I cannot get the others. If anyone has
- correct settings or can help I would appreciate it.
-
- 2) I want to upgrade to version 0.97, can I simply upgrade or will it require
- a complete re-install? Any docs available on how to go about it?
-
- 3) Lastly, I currently have a 386DX-25MHz system w/o co-processor. I want to
- speed X11 up and was wondering which of the following (I can't afford them
- all) would provide the greatest speed increase.
-
- 387 math co-processor
- Diamond Stealth video board
- more memory (I have 4 megs now)
-
- Thanks for your time!
-
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- Patrick Speer ----------- pspeer@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Cradle Consulting ----------- pspeer@cradle.UUCP
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