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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!wupost!usc!news.service.uci.edu!ucivax!bvickers From: bvickers@valentine.ics.uci.edu (Brett J. Vickers) Subject: [386BSD] Xfree86 Diamond SpeedStar 24 1024x768 Success! Nntp-Posting-Host: valentine.ics.uci.edu Message-ID: <2ACA6A6E.9893@ics.uci.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Organization: Univ. of Calif., Irvine, Info. & Computer Sci. Dept. Lines: 32 Date: 1 Oct 92 03:03:10 GMT After messing around for a long time I finally got 1024x768 mode to work using my Diamond SpeedStar 24. Here are the steps I had to take: 1. Boot to DOS and run VMODE MONITOR so that the card will allow a 65MHz rate. 2. Warm boot to 386BSD (don't shut the computer off now!) 3. Make sure the following two lines are in your Xconfig: Clocks 25 28 61 65 25 28 61 65 (and under the mode list...) "1024x768" 65 1024 1024 1096 1312 768 768 769 790 (I borrowed that mode from someone else's post. Thanks whoever!) 4. Start up X. It should work as long as your monitor can sync the required frequencies (I'm using a ViewSonic 5E). For a long time it wouldn't start because the standard Xconfig that comes with Xfree86 doesn't have the "Clocks" line. I had to add it in to get the thing to recognize the new frequencies above 28MHz. Unfortunately, you have to boot to DOS and run VMODE before you start 386BSD. But if you leave your system on for a long time (as I do), this is no big deal. Warm boots don't reprogram that SpeedStar's clock settings. Hopefully, someone will figure out how to program the sucker and we can get a 386BSD version of VMODE. -- Brett J. Vickers "Don't go around saying the world owes you bvickers@ics.uci.edu a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain