XF86Config

# 9 XF86Config

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The `modes` line in the `XF86Config` file is now handled differently. The virtual line is now ignored entirely. Each mode on the mode line is looked at and the first usable mode is selected (ie the first one which works with available memory, etc). Any other modes which are valid and have the same dimensions are also used. And other modes are ignored.

The current supported keywords in the `Device` section of the `XF86Config` file are:

VideoRAM

  1024 or 2048 (use 2048 for ``3MB'' Orchid P9000's)

ChipSet

  `"vipervlb"` or `"viperpci"` or `"orchidp9000"`

MemBase

  Viper VLB:

    0xA0000000 or 0x20000000 or 0x80000000 (0x80000000 is default if none spec'd)

  Orchid P9000:

    0xC0000000 or 0xD0000000 or 0xE0000000 (this MUST be set to correspond to the jumpers)

  Viper PCI:

    any value corresponding to the output of `PCIDUMP.EXE`

IOBase

  Viper PCI:

    any value corresponding to the output of `PCIDUMP.EXE`

  Others:

    unused

Clocks

  any values between 25 and 135 corresponding to the clocks for the mode entries being used. This line may now be omitted and clocks will be matched automatically.

Option

  "sw_cursor"

    use software cursor

  "vram_128"

    use if you have 1024K VRAM in 128Kx8 SIMMS

  "sync_on_green"

    generate sync pulses on the green signal. Most (all?) P9000 based boards don't support this.

  "noaccel"

    do not do hardware acceleration if it's causing problems for you

Modes

  almost any valid mode (there are constraints on the horiz res so not all values are possible)

The current supported keywords in the Display section of the `XF86Config` file are:

Depth

  8:

    use 8 bits per pixel for 256 colors (default)

  15 or 16:

    use 16 bits per pixel for up to 65K colors

  24 or 32:

    use 32 bits per pixel (sparse 24 bpp) for up to 16 million colors

Weight

  555 or 565 if Depth is 15 or 16. Otherwise this is ignored. These are the Red, Green, and Blue bits per pixel (default=565)

Here's a portion of a sample `XF86Config` file for the Viper VLB:

    Section "Device"
        Identifier "ViperVLB"
        VendorName "Diamond"
        BoardName "Viper VLB"
        Videoram 2048                        # This is mandatory
        Membase 0x80000000                   # This is mandatory on non-ViperVLB's
        IOBase  0xe000                       # Use this ONLY on ViperPCI's
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
        Driver "accel"
        Device "ViperVLB"
        Monitor "NEC4FGe"
        Subsection "Display"
            Depth 8   # This line is optional
            Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
        EndSubsection
    EndSection

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