Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:52:04 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu>, Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc>, "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>, Steve Jorgensen <steve@khoral.com> Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 5000/7500 Message-ID: <XFMail.001016125204.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20001014142353.L1489@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On 14-Oct-00 Greg Lehey wrote: > I don't have web access at the moment, but I suspect this refers to a > problem with blanking under 3.3.6. I chose to upgrade to 4.0.1 on my > Inspiron 7500. After a little bit of manual configuration, it works > fine at 1400x1050. I'm attaching the XF86Config. For my 5000e, I had to use X-current to get a working server. It is now happily running at 1600x1200. >> One thing you didn't ask about is sound. The 7500 sound is >> not currently supported; however, it is being worked on. > > It works under -CURRENT, but the volume is a little low. I don't > recall that I had to do any special configuration. It has been MFC'd to stable as well. >> I got sound working (only through the headphone jack - known >> problem) with the beta code for that sound chip set. > > The -CURRENT code doesn't seem to have that problem. Yeah, my speakers work just fine here under -current. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.Baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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