From: pfau@coffee.enet.dec.com (Thomas Pfau) Subject: Re: [Q]: X on a DELL with paradise 1024K vga card Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 03:54:29 GMT
In article <C4LuDr.ExI@curia.ucc.ie>, nick@symphony.mp.ucc.ie (Nick
Hilliard) writes...
>I've been trying to get X-windows up and running on a DELL 486D/33 with a
>built-in WD/Paradise svga card with 1024K memory. But to no avail. I've been
>at it for a day or two, and the best I can manage is a rather flickery
>800x600.
>
>X can only find 8 clock speeds, the highest of which is 36.1 Mhz. This looks
>just a little strange, to say the least - on my own machine (an ET4000
>board), I can get clock speeds of up to 90 MHz. What gives?
Make sure you have the latest X kit. The old X kit from SLS always
reported the wrong clock speeds for my WD90c30 based board. The new kit
reports the correct clocks and I've been able to come up with a few
working modes.
tom_p
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