From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 3 04:21:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA06501 for mobile-outgoing; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 04:21:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net (relay-7.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id EAA06485 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 04:21:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arkady.pinacl.co.uk ([194.33.47.98]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa1526201; 3 Sep 97 11:10 BST From: Alan Hourihane To: trident@xfree86.org, mobile@freebsd.org MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at punt-2.mail.demon.net Cc: trident@xfree86.org MMDF-Warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at punt-2.mail.demon.net Subject: Re: half-width displays Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:03:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Message-ID: <873281430.1526201.0@arkady.pinacl.co.uk> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Basically the Trident chipset support for laptops is incomplete. We need someone to volunteer and fix these outstanding bugs. Alan. -----Original Message----- From: Ada T Lim To: mobile@freebsd.org Cc: trident@XFree86.Org Date: 03 September 1997 11:53 Subject: half-width displays >I've _finally_ gotten X to work on my Thinkpad 760EL, however I've been >having problems with 16bpp mode. As it only has 1mb of video ram, I cannot >use XAA with it in 16bpp mode. > >As such, in 16bpp mode, all pixels are double-width, and the screen >only displays the left hand side of the display. Vertical pixels are unaltered >- as such all objects are distorted. > >The machine uses Trident's Cyber9320 chipset and has a TFT screen. > >Has anyone else suffered such problems? > >Ada