Re: sound on G3 Powerbook

[Josh Huber <huberj@wpi.edu>]

On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 05:12:01PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:
> what you need to do is calculate the correct modelines for your
> monitor and enter them into XF86Config, you can see how they go in by
> looking at it.  once you do that your pretty much there.  the tricky
> part is calculating correct modelines.  i believe that involves a
> pen, paper and a calculater..  unless you have an intel box around
> with a fairly recent video card then you can use one of various
> programs to get the modelines from the monitor via some communications
> monitors have now.  none of that software works on non-intel hardware
> AFAIK. 
Something you might want to try first is to use fbset to get modelines if
you're using an accelerated console driver, like so:

# fbset 640x480-75
# fbset -x
[outputs xfree modeline entry]

# fbset 800x600-75
# fbset -x
[outputs another xfree modeline entry]
.
.
.

Just copy and paste them into your XF86Config file.

Now, I think this only works if you have an accelerated console driver
working.

Good luck,
Josh