Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:30:39 +0000 From: Mikel King <mikel@ocsny.com> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> Cc: "Arun Welch"@usmint.soco.agilent.com, welch@anzus.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inspiron 5000/7500 & X Message-ID: <3950B56E.183076BF@ocsny.com> References: <200006201745.KAA25033@usmint.soco.agilent.com>
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Darryl,
I don't know if this'll help but have at it...see the attached...
Darryl Okahata wrote:
> Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>
> > > Has anyone gotten X to work with the 15" 1400x1080 screen?
> >
> > Yes. Xig's Accelerated X/Laptop version works, and there are (nasty)
> > hacks to make XFree86 work (much slower) as well.
>
> The nasty hacks are only for 3.3.5. XFree86 4.0 works fine in
> 1400x1050 mode, "out-of-the-box"; no nasty hacks are needed. For 4.0,
> there are some caveats, though:
>
> * The "XFree86 -configure" command doesn't work with the Inspiron 7500
> (don't know about the 5000). You have to write your own XF86Config
> file.
>
> * There are, supposedly, security issues with the 4.0 server, as it's
> setuid root.
>
> * As Mike said, the 4.0 server is slower (in fact, it's
> unaccelerated). However, I think it's adequately fast for most
> people. While the XIG server is faster, I (personally) can't
> justify spending $200 on speed which I don't really need.
I agree...so I'll put up with the bugs...and lack of speed...
>
>
> --
> Darryl Okahata
> darrylo@soco.agilent.com
>
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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
ModeLine "1400x1050" 189.65 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 #91Hz
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
#Option "accel"
#Option "crt_screen"
#Option "composite_sync"
#Option "linear"
#Option "probe_clocks"
#Option "shadow_fb"
Identifier "ATI Mach64 LM"
Driver "ati"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Mach64 LM"
ChipSet "ati"
ChipId 0x4c4d
ChipRev 0x64
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Mach64 LM"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
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