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Date:      Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:26:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steve Goldstone <sgoldsto@us.checkpoint.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Getting X to work on laptop
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808162225310.21985-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <006501bdc7db$79f5f790$e82356ce@yogsothoth.us.checkpoint.com>

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On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Steve Goldstone wrote:

> We are having a rather frustrating time getting the video component of
> X to work on 2.2.7 on an OmniBook 4100 laptop.  The video on board is
> Neomagic; as shipped with W95, the screen runs 1024 x 768 at 75 Hz
> vertical refresh.
> 
> Using XF86Setup, we haven't been able to get a combination that works
> - either the Xserver does not come up or it comes up with 'double'
> pixels (large, square pixels with the text mostly unreadable, chopped
> off on the right side of the screen).

You need a new X server with a hacked driver.  See
http://www.freebsd.org/~dwhite/neomagic for a replacement SVGA driver and
info.

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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