Re: xf86config and Neomagic 256AV
Hi,
Andrew Dwight Dixon wrote:
>
> HI,
>
> jvicente@banelco.com.ar wrote:
>
> > I have tried to install XFree on potato but I couldn't find my video card.
> > I found a Neomagic MagicGraph 128 option, but mine is 256.
>
> I've got a vaio f-250 with that chip in it and I use xf86config to create an
> XF86Config file for it.
I've got a Vaio F707, with a 256AV+ chip. The svga server (3.3.6) can't
probe it
so I just uncomment the "chipset NM2200" line in XF86Config and it
worked.
> > Which xserver should I use? I think it should be SVGA.
> > Have somebody tried Framebuffer? Is it better than standard svga?
>
> svga works like a charm. I haven't tried Framebuffer but I'd love to know your
> experience with it.
I've tried both. I didn't test them very much (no benchmark) but I
prefer the
SVGA since I can switch between 640x480 and 1024x768 modes. I also use
the
framebuffer for console mode (1024x768).
By the way, when I use 24bits modes, I've problems with some programs :
Netscape use monochrome buttons (but the documents are fine)
Xearth don't run complaining about number of bits per color.
I think it's a bug in the retrieval of the bpp number.
Everything is OK with 16bits modes.
> > And I don't know which horizontal or vertical refresh rates I have to set.
> > BTW, I have a thinkpad 390E.
>
> hsync= 31.5-48.5
> vsync= 60
>
> I then edit the XF86Config file. Delete any modes that aren't "1024x768" and
> also any screen definitions that aren't "1024x768". Because of the way an
> LCD works these aren't variable so you can't use the other modes (at least
> I can't) and they tend to mess things up.
>
> good luck,
> Andy
>
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