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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!coplex!chuck
From: chuck@coplex.com (Chuck Sites)
Subject: Re: Xfree & Paradise VGA Plus card
Organization: Copper Electronics, Inc.
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:29:06 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Oct1.172906.25233@coplex.com>
References: <47897@shamash.cdc.com> <1992Sep30.134121.23744@csx.cciw.ca> <1992Sep30.214507.24016@ulrik.uio.no> <1992Sep30.215255.24442@ulrik.uio.no>
Keywords: (or:  Don't be stupid like me :-)
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toreh@bootes.sds.no (Tore Haraldsen) writes:

>.. is it possible to run Xfree/X386 on a Paradise VGA Plus? Under DOS it
>supports up to 800x600. What would the Xconfig file look like?

It is possible, I know I'm using just that type of board right now.  
Getting it up and running was a feat though since the X386.0 doc file
has a small misprint.  The Chipset is not pvga. It's pvga1.   Anyway,
under the line in /usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig VGA256, add, `chipset "pvga1"`.
You will need a 512k board.  There seems to be a problem with 800x600 mode
that causes pixels to be misplaced in the center 1/3 of the screen. 640x480
works fine.  Anybody out there might have a fix for that?
  

>-- tore


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