Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:36:26 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Samsung X20-XVM 1600-V Message-ID: <42CD2FDA.8010102@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <200507071318.j67DISdr070947@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200507071318.j67DISdr070947@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: >Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> wrote: > > I couldn't yet get 1400x1050 to work on my FSC Lifebook E8010 (i855GM). > > I used i855ctl, but it only works (=has a positive effect) with SuSE 9.2. > >There's a tool called "855resolution" (which supposedly >also supports the i915 and others), and an enhanced >version called "915resolution". It is for Linux, but >shouldn't be difficult to port to FreeBSD. Some URLs: > >http://perso.wanadoo.fr/apoirier/ >http://www.geocities.com/stomljen/ > >Someone ported it to FreeBSD (you need to recompile the >enclosed *.c file manually, it seems): > >http://people.tecnik93.com/~acpi_perf/ > > > I tried the version from Damien Bergamini. http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/i855vidctl/ Must try those you mentioned. With the drivers from Damien's page, you should also get the WLAN to work, though. >They give a 2-year pick-up warranty. What more could I >ask for? > They don't say how long it takes to "pick" it up - and you don't know how long it takes until you get it back. While various trade-magazine horror-stories may not be representative, they are reason enough for me to stay away from consumer-level notebooks: simply too many customers and too little incentive for vendors to produce quality goods. >I'm also very satisfied with Samsung's service >on harddisk. I've recently had a broken Samsung IDE HDD >(slightly more than 2 years old). I called their hotline >and was told that the drive has 3 years of warranty, and >got instructed to package and send them the HDD for re- >placement. When I told the guy that I use BSD instead of >Windows, he even suggested to include a hardcopy of the >system log which contains applicable error messages from >the drive. > >Samsung may be "consumer-level", but I'm quite satisfied >with their service. > > Good for you. I hope the Laptop CS is also run by the same people ;-) Rainer
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