>>>>> Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>:
> I'm trying to get XFree86 up and running on an old DECpc 450SLC/e
> laptop, with a Western Digital WD90C24 chipset, running debian woody.
> I'm starting X by starting WDM (WINGs Display Manager).
> The server I'm running, is this one:
> <http://packages.debian.org/stable/x11/xserver-svga.html>
Thanx to several people who pointed out that the problem was in the
display definition.
I had the following:
HorizSync 28-33
VertRefresh 43-72
and the selected mode wanted a HorizSync outside of this range:
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.86 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 37.50 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 43.27 kHz. Deleted.
It was pointed out that increasing the HorizSync to contain 38kHz
would probably make the display work.
But I never got around to trying to change that, because a kind soul
sent me a working XF86Config file for a Compaq Contura 430CX laptop,
which uses the same chipset as the Dell.
I'm attaching this file for the next web searcher to find.
If you want 8bit pseudocolour instead of grayscale display, comment
out the following line in the file:
Visual "GrayScale"
-Steinar
# File generated by xf86config.
#
# Copyright (c) 1995 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# 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"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# For OSs that support Dynamically loaded modules, ModulePath can be
# used to set a search path for the modules. This is currently supported
# for Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x and NetBSD 1.x. The default path is shown
# here.
# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this is an optional section which is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load. Dynamically loadable
# modules are currently supported only for Linux ELF, FreeBSD 2.x
# and NetBSD 1.x. Currently, dynamically loadable modules are used
# only for some extended input (XInput) device drivers.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "Module"
#
# This loads the module for the Joystick driver
#
# Load "xf86Jstk.so"
#
# EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************
Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
# NoTrapSignals
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
# DontZap
# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
# DontZoom
# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.
# DisableVidModeExtension
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.
# AllowNonLocalXvidtune
# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.
# DisableModInDev
# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).
# AllowNonLocalModInDev
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************
# **********************************************************************
# Keyboard section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Keyboard"
Protocol "Standard"
# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Protocol "Xqueue"
AutoRepeat 500 30
# Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required
# when using pre-R6 clients
# ServerNumLock
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Xleds 1 2 3
# To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift,
# RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock:
# LeftAlt Meta
# RightAlt ModeShift
# RightCtl Compose
# ScrollLock ModeLock
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# XkbDisable
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# XkbModel "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# XkbModel "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# XkbLayout "de"
# or:
# XkbLayout "de"
# XkbVariant "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# XkbOptions "ctrl:swapcaps"
# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
# XkbRules "xfree86"
# XkbModel "pc101"
# XkbLayout "us"
# XkbVariant ""
# XkbOptions ""
# XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)"
XkbRules "xfree86"
XkbModel "pc102"
XkbLayout "no"
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "MouseManPlusPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
Emulate3Buttons
# Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Xinput section -- this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "Xinput"
# SubSection "WacomStylus"
# Port "/dev/ttyS1"
# DeviceName "Wacom"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "WacomCursor"
# Port "/dev/ttyS1"
# EndSubSection
# SubSection "WacomEraser"
# Port "/dev/ttyS1"
# EndSubSection
#
# SubSection "Elographics"
# Port "/dev/ttyS1"
# DeviceName "Elo"
# MinimumXPosition 300
# MaximumXPosition 3500
# MinimumYPosition 300
# MaximumYPosition 3500
# Screen 0
# UntouchDelay 10
# ReportDelay 10
# EndSubSection
#
# SubSection "Joystick"
# Port "/dev/joy0"
# DeviceName "Joystick"
# TimeOut 10
# MinimumXPosition 100
# MaximumXPosition 1300
# MinimumYPosition 100
# MaximumYPosition 1100
# # CenterX 700
# # CenterY 600
# Delta 20
# EndSubSection
#
# The Mouse Subsection contains the same type of entries as the
# standard Pointer Section (see above), with the addition of the
# DeviceName entry.
#
# SubSection "Mouse"
# Port "/dev/mouse2"
# DeviceName "Second Mouse"
# Protocol "Logitech"
# EndSubSection
# EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
Bandwidth 29
HorizSync 30-64
VertRefresh 50-100
Mode "640x480"
DotClock 25.175
HTimings 640 664 760 800
VTimings 480 491 493 525
EndMode
Mode "640x480.28"
DotClock 28.32
HTimings 640 680 720 864
VTimings 480 488 491 521
EndMode
Mode "800x600.36"
DotClock 36
HTimings 800 824 896 1024
VTimings 600 601 603 625
EndMode
Mode "800x600.50"
DotClock 50
HTimings 800 856 976 1040
VTimings 600 637 643 666
Flags "+hsync" "+vsync"
EndMode
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Device"
Identifier "WD90C24A2(laptop)"
VendorName "Western Digital"
BoardName "RocketChip"
#VideoRam 1024
Chipset "wd90c24"
# Clocks from 'X -probeonly'.
Clocks 25.18 28.32 65.00 36.00 29.98 77.41 62.20 59.96
Clocks 31.50 35.50 75.17 50.11 39.82 72.04 44.74 80.09
Clocks 44.30
EndSection
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "WD90C24A2(laptop)"
Monitor "LCD"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Visual "GrayScale"
EndSubsection
EndSection
