Hi all,

the only reason I haven't been responding is that I've been away for 3
hours  :)  Sorry!  And no, I'm not a "headhunters' sniffer"  ;)

I am just an X newbie.  What I have done is installed the basic xwindows
distribution that came with the i386 1.3.1 set.  I got the lesstif package
and installed it on my system and I am using the mwm window manager.
Other than that I have made no significant changes.

I have a 2 M Cirrus GD544x card and a Samtron monitor.  So, I used these
settings:

HSync:  31.5 - 48.5
VRefresh:  50 - 90

As I say, I have no problems other than this stupid cursor.  Changing it
obviously hasn't worked.  My main problem is I have no idea where to
begin as I've never used nor (obviously) set up xwindows.  

If you have any advice, I thank you in advance!
Thanks for your time, folks...

Dave
    



On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Igor wrote:

> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 17:23:30 -0400
> From: Igor <hibitek@globalserve.net>
> To: Robert Alexander Baxter <alex@santa.asf.alaska.edu>
> Cc: Dave Clark <dac129@mail.usask.ca>, netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: X windows problem
> 
> Ok fine, I will tell you this, I fried my monitor after THE MANUFACTURER of my
> graphical hardware told me which RAMDAC and chipset parameters I needed to
> use! Now, I am out of this discussion, since the man I wished to help is not
> engaged. I hope he is not some headhunters' sniffer.
> 
> Robert Alexander Baxter wrote:
> 
> > Igor wrote:
> > >
> > > I recommend you do not mess with the RAMDAC ...; This question about
> > > chipset is not for a beginner!!! You may burn your terminal. I think the
> > > first thing to establish is what is on the server side. It provides logs
> > > that also show most of the  problems with the server.
> > >
> >
> > I disagree.  Knowing exactly which chipset, RAMDAC, etc. you
> > have is a good idea for anyone using XFree86.  I think you
> > will be less likely to hurt something if you are running the
> > server with the exactly correct hardware parameters to begin with.
> >
> > Besides, you will only hurt your monitor if you push the refresh
> > rates (Hsync, Vsync) too high.  If you have correctly entered your
> > monitor's timing values into the XF86Config file, changing the
> > RAMDAC will not change the refresh rates which the XFree86 server
> > throws out or keeps.  It might change the refresh rates the server
> > would consider using if you told it you had a 200MHz versus a 175MHz
> > RAMDAC, for instance, but it would still compare the chosen modes
> > with your monitor timings before choosing which modes to allow switching
> > to.
> >
> > >
> > > Robert Alexander Baxter wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dave Clark wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm running xwindows on the 1.3.1 i386 port.  Xwindows is
> > > > > basically fine but I've had one problem since I started:
> > > > > the actual pointer only appears on my screen as a grey
> > > > > square.  I'm new to xwindows so I'm unsure how to proceed.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps there is a problem with your particular X server
> > > > not programming your video adapter's hardware cursor
> > > > correctly.  This may not be something which you can fix
> > > > with X commands and/or utilities.
> > > >
> > > > What kind of video adapter (brand, model number, chipset,
> > > > chipset version, memory size, RAMDAC type and version) are
> > > > you using?
> > > >
> > > > -Alex (:-)
> > > >  alex@santa.asf.alaska.edu
> > >
> 
> 
>