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hello there,
i have a dell inspiron - svga tft display and an NM2070 card. I have
been unable to get xfree86 to work in a decent mode. it only works when
X is linked to the 16 color vga server and if svge server is seletced,
then the resolution is taken to be only 320x200 and that looks really
huge and pathetic.
the problem is i am unable to get the horiz and vert freq for the
display as it is not listed in the manual. anyone knows someway of
finding out how to get that information?
also is there anyway I can manually alter the xfree86config file to get
this thing to work in a much better resiolution than just a vga 16 color
mode?

thanks in advance
madhu

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I have run into the same problem recently with my notebook, which has
a NM2093 chipset.  XFree86 doesn't provide support for this particular
chipset, which is why you can only get 320x200 when you do try to use
the generic SVGA server.

You have two options.  One is to stick with the VGA_16 server as your
X server.  The second is to obtain an accelerated X server suitable
for this chipset.  There isn't one freely available, as far as I
know, but you can buy it from Xi Graphics (go to
"http://www.xinside.com" for more details).  You can download a demo
version and try it out first; so far, it's worked fine on my system.
Unfortunately, the price is a bit steep, which makes me hesitant
to order this software -- I would think twice, unless you absolutely
require more than 16 colors (or some kind soul indicates that a
cheaper alternative is available).

Quote:>the problem is i am unable to get the horiz and vert freq for the
>display as it is not listed in the manual. anyone knows someway of
>finding out how to get that information?

Quote:>also is there anyway I can manually alter the xfree86config file to get
>this thing to work in a much better resiolution than just a vga 16 color
>mode?

Stephen