From: agc@weasel.demon.co.uk (Alan Charlton) Subject: Re: C&T 82C450 SVGA under X Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1992 11:45:42 +0000
In article <1992Dec3.223908.12121@primerd.prime.com> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
> > RAM and a bigger HD :-)
>
> Use the first two "standard VGA" clocks of 25 and 28, you should be able to
> get X386mono to run in 640x480 mode. I know, most people will say that
> 640x480 isn't big enough, but get it running in that mode first! Then after
> you've got it running, you can try for something bigger. As far as color
> X is concerned, you may be SOL. However, the Trident people were also SOL
> until one of them made the necessary changes in the server to support the
> 8900c/9000 chipsets. You may have to do the same to get color.
>
Done that, and it works fine in 640x480 mono. Can I tell the server that there
are extra clocks available, e.g. Clocks 25 28 32 36 etc?
I really don't fancy building the server from scratch - I don't have the disk space
for a start!
Any more clues to this would be appreciated.
Cheers,
- Alan.
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