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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!News1.mcs.net!nntp04.primenet.com!news.shkoo.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.cais.net!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!news.cistron.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!IRIS.2001.net!rain.fr!panoramix.rain.fr!usenet From: Tom Fischer <tfischer@panoramix.rain.fr> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: X modeline for Chip and Technology 65545 chip Date: Fri, 09 Aug 1996 10:53:39 +0000 Organization: panoramix InterNetNews test site Lines: 33 Message-ID: <320B18B3.41C67EA6@panoramix.rain.fr> References: <320A6907.6DAD@nfesc.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: panoramix.rain.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) To: jyoung@nfesc.navy.mil Check out the following page: http://www.santafe.edu/~nelson/versa-linux/ct65545.html It should lead you to the right configuration... tom tfischer@rain.fr jyoung@nfesc.navy.mil wrote: > > Does anyone know the proper modeline definition for a video driver with > Chip and Technology's 65545 chip? > > I have been trying to set up X-Windows on a NEC notebook with this video > chip. Have tried all the combinations suggested by the files in > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 > > with no success. The only spec I have for this notebook is: > DotClock = 28.32MHz > Horizontal Refresh = 60Hz > 800x600 resolution with 256 color > > It was my fault not making a backup. I've had the X server running for a > few weeks with a correct modeline (forgot how I came up with those > number, trial and error, maybe, a good few days of tinkering). And then > I did something stupid, and had to reinstall freeBSD. Needless to say, I > conveniently forgot to save the XF86Config file. And now, I can't get it > right again. > > Heeellllpppp, I am coughing blood here.