From: al-b@minster.york.ac.uk Subject: Re: HELP! Need to run X in svga modes Date: 20 Jun 1993 21:28:57 GMT
In article <1993Jun20.102029.1@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu> ghod@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (I'm huge.) writes:
>In article <C8JIw4.ErF@ucdavis.edu>, ackahn@quesadilla.engr.ucdavis.edu
>(Andy Kahn) writes:
>> To all you Linux guru's:
>>
>> I've just recently installed Linux (SLS 1.01 release) on my system.
>> The problem I'm encountering is that I cannot get X to run in a
>> resolution higher than 640x480. I've read some of the files about
>> configuring the video card and monitor in Xconfig, but I guess I'm
>> just too lame to get it working correctly.
>>
>> Can someone help out here? The relevant information is:
>> video card: Trident 8900c
>> monitor : NEC MultiSync 3d
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated!
>
>Uhm... Hm. Murphy's Law says that trusting my memory at times like this is a
>bad idea, but I'm going to do it anyway. :) There's a Compaq system sitting
>on my desk at work (waiting to be installed elsewhere) that has a Multisync 3d
>on it. Unless I'm very much mistaken, the Multisync 3d is *not* a super VGA
>monitor. If you try to push it to, oh, say 800x600 resolution, all you'll get
>is a badly distorted display. You can twiddle with the Xconfig file all you
BEEEP! The Multisync 3D *is* capable of 800x600 and 1024x768! I have got one
with my 8088-XT and a Video7 1024i card. It does 800x600 up to 60Hz and the
1024x768 in interlace, 8514/A-compatible.
The original post doesn't explain *how* X "doesn't run" in higher resolution, so
I can't help with that -- I doubt it's the monitor that's causing the problem.
And to my knowledge Trident cards are supported by X (?)
I've got an ET4000 card in my 486 box and it works just fine at 1024x768 256c :-)
Andrew.
>Please don't take my word on any of this: consult your monitor's documentation,
>your vendor, or some other nearby person who is familiar with NEC monitors.
>Ain't computers fun? ;)
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>-Bill Paul
>ghod@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
>
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