From: ljg@space.physics.uiowa.edu (Larry Granroth) Subject: Re: My Xconfig for ATI Ultra Pro (LONG) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1993 04:07:25 GMT
Brian Field (field@cs.pitt.edu) wrote:
: Kevin Blaine Fluet (fluet@ee.ualberta.ca) wrote:
: : Oh yeah, a fellow (who I don't wish to name -- but thanks for the effort
: : anyway) mailed me his Xconfig unsolicited. Unfortunately he really doesn't
: : seem to have much of a clue about how to set up an Xconfig (you do _not_
: : just "guess" numbers for the Clocks line, for example). I can't really
: : recommend using his file if he mailed it to you.
: : Clocks 18 22 25 28 36 44 50 56 30 32 37 39 40 0 75 65
: When I first installed X on my PC w/ ATI Ultra Pro w/ 1572 FS, I used the
: above clocks line. In fact, when I tried to run X without a clocks line, it
: complained about no clocks line and listed these as "appropriate" values.
: However, after corresponding with another linux/netter, he mentioned that the
: clock speeds output by the server are completely wrong. Supposedly, the
: server does not know how to test ATI clock speeds, so ATI wonder clock speeds
: are also reported.
For the sixth clock position, I use 52,
Clocks 0 0 0 0 0 52
ModeDB
"800x600" 52 800 832 1024 1056 600 600 610 630
Which, according to xclk, yeilds a 78Hz refresh rate and requires no
monitor adjustment on transitions between text mode and running the
X server (on a GW2000 4DX2-66V, ATI GUP, 1572FS, 386BSD, XFree).
larry-granroth@uiowa.edu