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Date:      Fri, 11 Apr 1997 11:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        boards@nise-ch.nosc.mil
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about Compaq LTE 5300 notebook
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970411113833.1099S-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <9704111310.AA00441@toogoodoo.nosc.mil>

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On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Stephen Board wrote:

> I have a Compaq LTE 5300 notebook.  I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.7 from
> the WC CD distribution.  I am having a few problems. 

Compaq:  Expect the unexpected.  If we liked it, it's proprietary.

> 1.  What mouse device do I need to use to get the "J-stick" pointing
> device to work?  All that I have tried do not seem to work. 

psm0 would be my guess.

> 2.  What type of X settings do I need to use?  I have tried using VGA16
> and SVGA defining the chipset I have (Cirrus Logic GD7543) and it
> doesn't want to work.  Sometimes when I try to use Xconfig to modify the
> settings, the machine reboots.  Nice feature hey? 

Did you check the SVGA README and made sure that it's supported?  The
GD7xxx series are PCI I believe and support is in embryotic stages.  Being
that it's on a laptop complicates things...

> 3.  Small problem.  Only 16M of RAM is recognized at bootup.  Is this
> just a kernel rebuild? 

Yes.  How much is in it?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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