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I'm having a nightmare working out my Xconfig file for my new Slackware 2.0
Linux box. I bought the computer from a high street dealer as an all in one
preconfigured-for-DOS-yawn type machine. It's a Packard Bell that (says)
it has a VLB. Superprobe says that it is a CL GD5422, but if its a VLB, it
should be a 5424 (shouldn't it???). The spec. manuals that come with the
machine don't even list things like dot clock freq or Horizontal or Vertical
Sync frequencies. This leaves me a bit in the dark as you can undersand...

Anyway, I've managed to get 640x480 to go, but I really need
a much higher resolution. Has anyone got a copy of Xconfig files for the
CL-GD5422 and CL-GD5424 chips? I would really appreciate some examples to
try out without blowing my monitor into little pieces.

The monitor is nothing special. I guess it only has fixed frequency dot clocks,
but then again, I could be wrong.

        Thanks!

        Huw Coxon,

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>I'm having a nightmare working out my Xconfig file for my new Slackware 2.0

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>The monitor is nothing special. I guess it only has fixed frequency dot clocks,
>but then again, I could be wrong.

If you don't want to blow your monitor to pieces you better find out what
it's limitations are, _especially_ if it supports only fixed dot clocks.
And read the documentation about monitors and videomodes, forward and
backwards.

I would not recommend you _any_ settings because of the liability involved.

good luck, - Josef