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- From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
- Subject: Re: My X windows looks gross! Right angles desired!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.230826.16999@sfu.ca>
- Sender: news@sfu.ca
- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <1992Nov10.043032.16230@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:08:26 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Nov10.043032.16230@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR) writes:
- >
- >Who can explain to me why my X windows is so disgusting looking
- >along the Y axis? It's all fat in the middle of my expensive new
- >screen and there are no borders. It's enough to make one vomit.
-
- That bad, huh?
-
- >
- >Could this have anything to do with the fact that my Trident card
- >only does 44.9MHz? I'm a little worried about that. Is 72Hz a
- >good refresh rate for 1024x768? Does the Tseng have a good enough
- >pixel rate (I'm thinking >= 62MHz)? I'll junk the Trident card as
- >soon as somebody tells me it's a good idea.
-
- It's a good idea, but you can get by. (buying a new SPARC is also a
- good idea, but we can't have everything :-)
-
- >
- >Barring any helpful comments on the above, I'd like it if those of
- >you in the know could suggest a way to get a right angled display.
- >I'm using a ViewSonic 5E (supposed to be 72 pictures per second in
- >1024x768, non-interlaced VESA standard). I'll gladly supply more
- >information if you need it.
- >
- >
- >C. Armour-Kidson
- >cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca
- >
-
- Look at the files Xconfig.Notes, README.trident, and modeDB.txt in the
- directory /usr/X386/lib/X11/etc of your Xfree1.1 distribution.
- Basically, your video timing values are off. Calculating video timings for
- the best resolution (given your slow dot clock) are explained in
- Xconfig.Notes. At 1024x768 I would expect some flicker though. Can
- you live with 800x600? (you would probably have more luck with that resolution)
-
- - Ken
-