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"jcazor@ya.com " <jcazor@ya.com> writes:

> the video card is a silicon motion, but the driver doesnt work, 
> so i used a generic VGA.
> Now im using FreeBSD 5.3 with Xorg, but before i was using 
> debian with XF86 and i had the same problem, but i fixed it 
> startingthe X server with the "-dpi 100" but this now doesnt 
> work.

You could always try XFree86 again; that certainly worked with the
SiliconMotion video chip on my old HP laptop.