by Hi. Please help as I'm stuck in the configuration of X & I'm at wits
end to get any further. I have following hardware/software:
1. 2.5 yr old AOC 14" monitor. specs: 1024x768, .28 dot pitch,
30-50KHz horizontal sync, 50-90Hz vertical sync, 80MHz pixel rate.
2. recently bought Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM card. 2MB DRAM.
3. XFree 3.1.2.
4. slackware 3.1.
5. kernel 2.0.4.
I'm stuck in three places:
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1. I installed XF86_S3 server. when I run "X -probeonly" I get (details
of XF86Config file to be provided later) following error:
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XFree86 Version 3.1.2 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
S3: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
mmio_928, s3_generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) S3: Graphics device ID: "Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM"
(**) S3: Monitor ID: "SVGA Monitor"
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
*** None of the configured devices were detected.***
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2. Since I wasn't able to get past above problem, I installed XF86_SVGA
server. modified XF86Config file accordingly (details appended later
on) & though X starts now, output is unreadable no matter what I change
"Modes" & "Virtual" to in the "Screen" section to.
3. I've read that there is a 3.1.2g version of XFree but I can't find it
or know what I currently am running. I know my XFree is 3.1.2 but so
far I can't find any XFree that has a letter appended to 3.1.2.
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thanks very much for your time.
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XF86Config file for problem #1:
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# ***********************************************************
# Monitor section
# ***********************************************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "SVGA Monitor"
VendorName "AOC"
ModelName "CM-346 NI"
Bandwidth 80
HorizSync 30-50
VertRefresh 50-90
ModeLine "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
EndSection
# ***********************************************************
# Graphics device section
# ***********************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM"
EndSection
# ***********************************************************
# Screen sections
# ***********************************************************
# accelerated servers (S3, Mach32, Mach8, 8514, P9000, W32)
Section "Screen"
Driver "Accel"
Device "Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM"
Monitor "SVGA Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
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XF86Config file for problem #2:
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# ***********************************************************
# Monitor section
# ***********************************************************
same as above
# ***********************************************************
# Graphics device section
# ***********************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM"
Chipset "generic"
EndSection
# ***********************************************************
# Screen sections
# ***********************************************************
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Diamond Stealth 64 SVGA DRAM"
Monitor "SVGA Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection
EndSection
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