Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 10:14:31 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Brian <brianmcg@Mcs.Net> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer Nuovo (NeoMagic128) support Message-ID: <199610291714.KAA24126@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199610290423.WAA12904@Mars.mcs.net> References: <199610290423.WAA12904@Mars.mcs.net>
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> I am considering an Acer Nuovo laptop for FreeBSD use, as the 800x600 > display and 6x CD-ROM loop quite appealing. I don't know a thing about that, but... > Has anyone had any success with the NeoMagic128 display chip used in > the Acer Nuovo? Is this supported with a reasonable color depth at > 800x600 screen resolution by default, or must an XInside extension > be purchased? Through no fault of the XInside folks the XInside server is often times *worse* that the XFr3386 server when it comes to support for 'laptop' video drivers when doing SVGA modes (anything greater than 640x480). XInside intentionally disables higher res modes in their driver, so you can't even try out higher modes. However, you *can* destroy compenents with XFree86 trying to get higher modes than your hardware will allow, so for a cmmercial company it's better to not blow-up stuff than to allow people pushing it to the edge. :) Nate
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