Force a MODE for XFree86 3.1?

by Paul Bob » Mon, 09 Jan 1995 12:50:33

I have installed v3.1 and have it running just fine, except that it only
runs with 640x480. Now I'd like to get 800x600. My card/monitor will do
that, in fact they'll go higher when I put some more dram in there.

Anyways, can one cycle through available graphics modes, or can one hardcode
it into the XF86config file?

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1. Getting XFree86 3.1 to run in 320x200 mode

I have tried the suggestions in recent messages on how to get
XF86_SVGA to run in 320x200 mode, to no avail. It starts running, but
the screen that comes up is just a bunch of vertical white lines
(though the server and clients are there!). My XF86Config has these
sections:

Section "Device"
Identifier "generic 256 VGA color"
Chipset "generic"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "generic 256 VGA color"
Monitor "Nokia 447x"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
ViewPort 0 0
# Virtual 320 200
EndSubsection
EndSection

My setup is this:

Linux 1.1.53
486/66 w/ 16 megs o' ram
Number Nine GXE Level 11
Nokia 447x monitor
XFree86 3.1
IDE harddrives

note, I have X symlinked to XF86_SVGA and it clearly parses output
correctly, which I dump here:
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XFree86 Version 3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for 8-bit colour SVGA (Patchlevel 0):
et4000, et4000w32, et4000w32i, et4000w32p, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00,
wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, vgawonder, tvga8800cs,
tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420, clgd5422,
clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd6205,
clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, oti067,
oti077, mx, al2101, cl6420, video7, generic
(using VT number 12)

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) Mouse: type: microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "generic 256 VGA color"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Nokia 447x"
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(**) SVGA: chipset: generic
(--) SVGA: videoram: 64k
(--) SVGA: clocks: 25.18
(--) SVGA: Using builtin driver modes
(--) SVGA: Builtin Mode: 320x200
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 320x200
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024

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can someone tell me what is going wrong? I also have this problem with
a Viewsonic 15 monitor. I don't have a different video card to try.

-- Jason

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