X seems to run, but in wrong video mode

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

Try the rplace xwin-update.tar.bz2 from xc-4-binaries directory?

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy J. Massey [ mailto:tmassey@modernmerchant.com ]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 2:01 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: X seems to run, but in wrong video mode
> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I have followed the instructions for running X on Windows NT (4.0,
> SP6).  In fact, when I run STARTXWIN.BAT, the X screen seems to come
> up.  The problem is, the monitor is being driven too fast.
> 
> I have a Diamond Viper V330 video card with 4MB of RAM.  The
> STARTXWIN.BAT is set for the following:
> 
> start XWin -screen 8 1024x768x16 -whitepixel 255 -blackpixel 0 
> 
> My monitor only supports 60Hz refresh at 1024x768, and the mode X is
> using is higher.  I tried modifying the above line to say both
> 640x480x16 and 640x480x8, to no avail.  I also got desperate and tried
> changing the screen 8 to various (random) digits, also with no effect.
> 
> How do I change the screen mode and refresh?  I've tried building an
> XF86Config, but I don't know where to put it (or whether it's even
> attempting to read such a file).
> 
> Thank you very much for whatever help you could give me.
> 
> Tim Massey
> 
> 
>