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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