[nwst-dev] Re: X configuration

[Jochen R. <jo...@pa...>]

> I'm still wondering what is being done wrong with the clock computations, we
> are not getting the exact clock we should, while the NetBSD and also the
> native S3 driver for X 4.2.1 does, right now I have XFree 4.2.1 running at
> 16 bits 1024 x 768 67.7KHz 84Hz as my monitor says, I'm using the standard
> modeline for 85Hz:
> 
> ModeLine "1024x768"   94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376    768  769  772  808 +hsync
> +vsync

The fbdev X server has special requirements for ModeLines, iirc. There is a
tool around somewhere to convert fbset modes to ModeLine data, or something
like that. Check the fbdev howto, perhaps.

It is also possible that I am not setting up some register correctly...

> Well, I'll try to work on porting this patch to 2.4.21 in the next days.

Let me know if I can help.

Jochen