From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 19:49:36 -0400
From: Jesse M. Hammons jhammons@tucson.princeton.edu
Subject: Success w/ Diamond Stealth VLB ?
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You folks weren't kidding about VGA Hell.

I've a Diamond Stealth 24 VLB.  If you used Linux a few years back you
will recall this is the card that was a nighmare to use with X.
At this point I can get aux/vga to recognize the card.  The Ramdac is
Diamond's SS2410, but I've heard it's compatible with the att20c490, so
that's what I put in /lib/vgadb.  I'm assuming if my equip. works with X,
I can get it to work with 81/2.  The modes for the monitor are exactly
as I have in XF86Config (/lib/vgadb for X) so I don't really know what
to fiddle with at this point.  Trying aux/vga -l 1024x768x1 hangs my
machine, for example.

If I just take out my card's entry in /lib/vga, I get plain 640x480x1
support, but I'd like to try for better since I know my hardware is
capable of 1024x768x8

thanks!
- Jesse