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- From: jrowland@cs.utexas.edu (John Richards Rowland)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.os.mach,comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
- Date: 7 Sep 1992 00:38:24 -0500
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- References: <1992Sep3.162413.19770@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <eaVY02MJ20P.01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Sep6.210159.18607@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- I dont see the problem here. I use bios calls to set the clocks.
- By observation, I can determine what clock settings each bios call
- sets the PLL to. Just before Xfree86 starts, I take it apon myself
- to make that bios call, and the bios sets the clock values to what I need.
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- For example:
- When I boot my linux system I always remember to choose the text mode
- 100x40 in the selection list because I know that setting that text mode also
- sets the clocks to what I want for my chosen resolution. This type of
- trickery is uncomfortable, but it does allow me to use X on my Diamond
- Speedstar24 using bios 5.X.
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