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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:4381 comp.windows.x.i386unix:3016 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!duncan From: duncan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Duncan McEwan) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: Problems running XS3-0.3 on various S3 cards Date: 13 Aug 1993 05:48:36 GMT Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand. Lines: 36 Message-ID: <24f9vk$c0a@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> References: <244rr2$6jv@st-james.comp.vuw.ac.nz> <hastyCBHF68.42s@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bats.comp.vuw.ac.nz A few days ago, I wrote: > I'm having problems getting XS3 running on a couple of S3 based cards that I > currently have on loan ... The system (NetBSD 0.8 with NetBSD-current kernel) > is still running ... In <hastyCBHF68.42s@netcom.com>, Amancio Hasty Jr <hasty@netcom.com> replied: > > XS3 does not work with NetBSD current. The good folks changed the kernel > enough. Thanks for that response. I went back to a NetBSD-0.8 kernel, and it now works. I can get XS3 to display in 1024x758 interlaced by using ... | ... | modes "1024x768i" | | ... | | ModeDB |"1024x768i" 7 1024 1040 1216 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace ... in my Xconfig file. But I can't figure out what "magic" index value I have to use to get a dot-clock suitable for 1024x768 non-interlaced (which my monitor is capable of). Could someone please explain the relationship between the dot-clock values that the card supports, and the index values that are required in the Xconfig file. How am I supposed to find out what dot-clock values are supported (unlike XFree86, XS3 doesn't write them out on startup)? Am I just supposed to *know* (from the card's documentation) what clocks are available, or is there a probe program (dos or unix) that can tell me? Thanks in advance for any advice people can offer... Duncan