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by **Aniruddha Shanka** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

Hi. The card in question is an ISA ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (with the mach32
engine). The particular monitor that I'm using is an AST Vision 4L, and I
managed to root through the AST website (talk about counterintuitive!) so
I could get the horiz and vert scan lines etc. I can't seem to get X setup
right, when I run probe, it complains about a missing clocks line. Is
there any doc which can EXPLAIN xf86config? A man page helps, but getting
the theory fundas would be even nicer.

I'm pleasantly surprised at the level of support the linux community
provides. Also, being something of a DOS/Windows junkie ;=( in the past,
i'd appreciate it if I could be told where to get my hands on info that'll
help me migrate better.

regards
Aniruddha Shankar
BAngalore, India

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by **pat zin** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

> Hi. The card in question is an ISA ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (with the mach32
> engine). The particular monitor that I'm using is an AST Vision 4L, and I
> managed to root through the AST website (talk about counterintuitive!) so
> I could get the horiz and vert scan lines etc. I can't seem to get X setup
> right, when I run probe, it complains about a missing clocks line. Is
> there any doc which can EXPLAIN xf86config? A man page helps, but getting
> the theory fundas would be even nicer.

> I'm pleasantly surprised at the level of support the linux community
> provides. Also, being something of a DOS/Windows junkie ;=( in the past,
> i'd appreciate it if I could be told where to get my hands on info that'll
> help me migrate better.

> regards
> Aniruddha Shankar
> BAngalore, India

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

in the x86config process you really need to take a magnifying glass and
bright flashlight to read the chip numbers and write them down -- mach 64
chip sets are diffrent -- like my 2mg vlb card your chipset is going
to be diffrent

also small but important niceity SuSE has sax it allows you to apply
things before proibe x
if you did the mouse wrong -- no x-- same keyboard --- no x so use a $5.00
two button mouse
get a monitor that will do 1024x7--(extended or super )
and inspect the chip sets --write down all the numbers amd
pay intelligent attention to your choices in
you have ramdac and clock chip

try XF86Setup

by **Howard Man** » Sun, 31 Dec 1899 09:00:00

[Posted and mailed]

Quote:> Hi. The card in question is an ISA ATI Graphics Ultra Pro (with the mach32
> engine).

Thus you need the XF86_Mach32 x-server and XFree86, version 3.3.3.1
(edit)

I explain "all" on : http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/Xwoes.html

Cheers,

Howard Mann
http://www.newbielinux.com
(a LINUX website for newbies)
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