From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Apr 24 14:48:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (mass.cdrom.com [204.216.28.184]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A828837BD41; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:48:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA00914; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:55:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <200004242155.OAA00914@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3Com 3CXFE575BT Megahertz xjack cardbus adapter In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Apr 2000 19:09:34 +0200." <71576.956596174@verdi.nethelp.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 14:55:30 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > for information about what Darryl Okahata needed to do to get X running > on his 7500 (which is similar to, but not exactly the same as, the 5000). > > I tried Darryl Okahata's recipe on my 5000, and got basic X (1400x1050!) > up and running. However, there is so much flickering as to make the screen > basically unusable. > > With Linux I was able to follow the instructions on > > http://intern.linpro.no/~janl/inspiron-5000.html > > This involves a patched X server, and setting a specific VESA mode on > startup. I now have a wonderful, stable, non-flickering 1400x1050 screen. The Mobility-P support in the XFree86 codebase is miserable, however. I'd strongly suggest that investing in a copy of Xig's Laptop X will make you a happy camper; it's a crime to have such a nice display perform so poorly. (not that Xig's server is without its own problems, but it works OK and performs well). -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message