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From: Syntax <syntax@eramp.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Stealth24 VLB and XFree86
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 19:20:28 -0500
Organization: National Knowledge Network
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David W. Ziegler wrote:
> 
> I've recently installed FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE and XFree86 (S3 server),
> and I'm having no luck getting X to run in resolutions greater than
> 640x480 with my Stealth24 VLB (1MB) video card. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
I can only tell you what I did to get my resolution higher. When
configuring X and it gets to the step of changing the modes for 8bpp,
16bpp, and 32bpp I modified them so that 1024x768 was the the 1st
instead of the last number in each list.

Hope it helps.

David