From: fh8n@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Frank Houston) Subject: Trident 8900C Xfree instructions and Xconfig Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 01:40:16 GMT
Here are the directions I followed.
At the moment I am only have a 640X480 monitor, so i don't
know if higher resolution will work.
At the end you will find my xconfig
Good luck
and keep on hacking
Frank Houston < ThE MaD HaCkEr >
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To get X/SLS/Linux working, do the following:
1. Install the complete SLS package (except i? and t?).
You can safely ignore the error messages during the installation.
2. Include /usr/X386/bin in your PATH.
3. Put the following line in your /etc/profile:
DISPLAY=":0"
(Normally, you should use
DISPLAY=":0"; export DISPLAY
but the default /etc/profile includes a line
export PATH DISPLAY etc...
anyway.)
4. Put my Xconfig into the home directory.
5. In each of the (4 or 5?) font directories mentioned in the font path
line in my Xconfig, issue the command "mkfontdir", not "mkfont".
6. Return to your home directory and issue the command "startx".
7. This should work if you use Trident8900C and Microsoft compatible
mouse on COM1. If you have other type of mouse on different
COM port, say Ligitech on COM4, then
replace the following line in my Xconfig
Microsoft "/dev/ttys0"
by
Logitech "/dev/ttys3".
8. You don't have to worry about the clock setting thing *IF* you
a Trident 8900C. Note a Trident 9000 or 8900B will not work
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FontPath "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
Keyboard
AutoRepeat 500 5
ServerNumLock
Microsoft "/dev/ttys0"
vga256
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
vga2
Virtual 800 600
ViewPort 0 0
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
ModeDB
# OFFICIAL VESA Monitor timings + IBM Standards - TRY THESE FIRST
# Contributor: Thomas Roell [roell@sgcs.com]
# Last Edit Date: 3/29/92
#
# name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags
"640x480" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
"800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
"1024x768i" 44 1024 1040 1216 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace
"1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
"1280x1024i" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
"1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
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Frank Houston
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