Re: X display mode setting.

[Rick Jones <rickya@siservices.net>]

On Sat, 17 May 1997, Ralph Winslow wrote:

> No ceegar :-(  I'd already done that.  I also moved the Depth
> 16 entry above the Depth 8 entry; still no Joy.  Also,
> SuperProbe shows 2048 Kb - I'm tearing my hair out and have
> very little to spare!

I assume that you are now tearing your hair out because you can't get it
to start in 800x600 mode?

Here's my XF86Config file to give you some hints.  My display starts at
1024x768 in 16 bit color.

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"


    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"


    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

Load "pex5.so"

Load "xie.so"

Section "ServerFlags"

Section "Keyboard"

    Protocol	"Standard"

    AutoRepeat	500 5

    XkbKeymap   "xfree86(us_microsoft)"

EndSection


Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "MouseSystems"
    Device      "/dev/gpmdata"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

    Identifier  "Magitronic SVGA"
    VendorName  "Magitronic"
#    Gamma	2.6
    ModelName   "SV1428"

    HorizSync   31.5 - 37.9

    VertRefresh 50-90

# 640x480 @ 60 Hz, 31.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "640x480"     25.175 640  664  760  800   480  491  493  525
# 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync
ModeLine "800x600"     36     800  824  896 1024   600  601  603  625
# 1024x768 @ 87 Hz interlaced, 35.5 kHz hsync
Modeline "1024x768"    44.9  1024 1048 1208 1264   768  776  784  817 Interlace

# 800x600 @ 60 Hz, 37.8 kHz hsync
#Modeline "800x600"     40     800  840  968 1056   600  601  605  628 +hsync +vsync

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "TGUI9680XGI"
    VendorName  "Jaton"
    BoardName   "Video-57p"
    Chipset	"tgui9660xgi"
    VideoRam    4096
    Ramdac      "normal"
    DacSpeed	110
    Option	"fast_dram"
    Speedup	"all"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "TGUI9680XGI"
    Monitor     "Magitronic SVGA"
    DefaultColorDepth  16
    BlankTime  	45
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
	Visual	    "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
->      Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
	Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
	Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
	Visual      "TrueColor"
        Virtual     1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection

The modes, indicated by the arrow above, is what dictates the resolution
order for the ctrl-alt-kp+/kp-.  Since I have 1024x768 listed first it is
my default resolution.  When I cycle through the resolutions it goes down
to 800x600 then 640x480.

kp+/kp- refers to the keypad plus and minus keys.  They cycle forward and
backward through the resolutions.  (With ctrl-alt pressed)

Hope this helps.


L8R,

--Rick

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