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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!enews.sgi.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!usenet From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XF86Config - Modeline ? Date: 2 Oct 1996 14:44:14 GMT Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <52tv3u$1uh@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <324D4027.28A2@airmail.net> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 In article <324D4027.28A2@airmail.net>, Martin Stack <jumper@airmail.net> writes: > Now I am attempting reconfigure my Xwindows for 800x600. I currently > have timing data for my video card. but I can figure out how to > correctly convert my (ms) data into the data required for the Modeline. > > hdisp hsyncstart hsyncend hsyntotal > vdisp vsyncstart hsyncend hsyntotal > > How do they calculate these number that go in these locations ? > I also would like to use a higher depth, How do I select 8,16,32 bpp ? I'm no good with clocks & modelines, but the bpp can be selected in your .Xserverrc file in your home directory. This file is used to override the "kick off my X server" line. You can say something like X -bpp 32 :0 -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....