From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 17 5: 5:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nef.ens.fr (nef.ens.fr [129.199.96.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0852437B407 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 05:05:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Rahul.Siddharthan@lpt.ens.fr) Received: from corto.lpt.ens.fr (corto.lpt.ens.fr [129.199.122.2]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id f7HC5Qm94946 ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:05:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from (rsidd@localhost) by corto.lpt.ens.fr (8.9.3/jtpda-5.3.1) id OAA28124 ; Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:05:26 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:05:26 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: Alexander Langer Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook section for laptops? Message-ID: <20010817140526.A27978@lpt.ens.fr> References: <20010817131831.A26007@lpt.ens.fr> <20010817135614.A40117@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010817135614.A40117@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>; from alex@big.endian.de on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:56:14PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alexander Langer said on Aug 17, 2001 at 13:56:14: > Thus spake Rahul Siddharthan (rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in): > > > X11 -- while the card is often detected without problem, setting up > > the monitor section correctly is tricky. The standard XFree86 config > > programs only give options for CRT monitors so it's not clear what is > > applicable to a laptop. I could write up what I did, with borrowings > > from linux laptop sites. > > Errrr, I just set up usual 1024x768 settings for mine, works great. Point is, doesn't work great for everyone. For XFree86 3.3.6, I needed to copy a modeline from some linux page. For XFree86 4.1.0, I didn't put in a modeline, but I needed to supply suitable HorizSync and VertRefresh lines. (XFree86 -configure gives you a sample file which "almost" works, you just need to insert those lines.) Even now, with both versions of XFree86, the display is slightly shifted off -- 3 blank pixels on the left, three missing pixels on the right -- but I can live with that. > You probably have - as myself - a laptop that doesn't support APM > any more, since it does ACPI. Actually, apm -Z worked ok with XFree86 3.3.6. With 4.x, the monitor refuses to switch on again. apm -z suspends the machine but I can't get it to resume again -- the timer thing doesn't work either. Anyway, my point is: the handbook is meant to walk new users through basic stuff, so it would be nice to have a section devoted to laptops covering stuff that doesn't appear in the main sections. - Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message