From: Jolan Luff (jolanlithely.net)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 15:50:25 CDT

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On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 03:25:34PM -0500, Richard Cotrina wrote:
> Is there any special configuration for the Sun Monitor ( Horiz Sync o Vert
> Sync ) that I have to consider ? Is there any other special consideration in
> order to configure XFree86 in a Sun Station ?

I'm not really sure if xf86cfg is meant for non-i386 machines.

Try and find the rates for the monitor. Since you're using the ati
driver, I believe bad things can happen if the settings aren't accurate.

I read /usr/X11R6/README and then copied & pasted the relevant sections.

My configuration follows for your reference.

- jolan

# Prevent monitor from blanking / turning off
Section "ServerFlags"
         Option "BlankTime" "0"
         Option "StandbyTime" "0"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "wsfb"
        Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice "commouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
        FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "glx"
        Load "record"
        Load "xtrap"
        Load "speedo"
        Load "type1"
        Load "freetype"
EndSection

# All Sun keyboards (USB Type 6, Serial Type 3/4/5/6)
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "keyboard"
        Option "Protocol" "wskbd"
        Option "Device" "/dev/wskbd0"
        Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

# Serial mice on com ports
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "commouse0"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "Protocol" "SunMouse"
        Option "Device" "/dev/tty00"
        Option "Baudrate" "1200"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor"
        VendorName "Relisys"
        ModelName "RE518B"
        HorizSync 30-69
        VertRefresh 50-150
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Card0"
        Driver "ati"
        BusID "PCI:1:2:0"
        Option "composite_sync" "True"
EndSection

# 1152x864 16bpp seems to be the maximum for my setup
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Card0"
        Monitor "Monitor"
        DefaultDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "1152x864"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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