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Date:      Fri, 01 Dec 2000 18:50:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brian McGroarty <snowfox@yipyap.net>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org, dmitry <dvk@toolbuilders.com>
Subject:   Re: Buying a new laptop / Baldwin's Nirvana
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001201185053.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20001201204714.A27724@vixen.yipyap.net>

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On 02-Dec-00 Brian McGroarty wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 03:32:30PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
>> 
>> On 30-Nov-00 dmitry wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > 
>> > I am about to purchase a new laptop with a following specs:
>> 
>> I have a Dell Inspiron 5000e with the 1600x1200 display.  cardbus works in
>> current with a hack, pccard works fine, sound works fine, apm doesn't work. 
>> (I
>> may get around to fixing that someday though.)  acpi currently doesn't work
>> on
>> it either.  X works in 1600x1200, but it takes some work.  I haven't tried
>> the
>> 3.3.6 X bits that come with 4.2, which may work fine.  However, X 4.0.1 has
>> a
>> bug and doesn't work out of the box.  I had to use cvsup to grab the X
>> sources
>> out of the tree and use that to compile an X server.  AccelX's server will
>> work
>> fine on the 5000e though, and even supports using an external monitor as a
>> dual-head, etc.  I like it fine, though I mainly wanted it for the screen.
>> :)
> 
> The laptop supports dual head with the external port?

I think you can use both screens seperately at least in both Windows and wtih
AccelX.

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