Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:17:55 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: twschulz@gloria.cord.edu Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and FreeBSD 4.3 Message-ID: <200104150517.f3F5Htc79338@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.4.32.0104142340430.13509-100000@gloria.cord.edu>
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>Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 00:03:50 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Trenton Schulz <twschulz@gloria.cord.edu>
>Cc: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
[Cc: list trimmed a tad... dhw]
>Just wondering? But does your Inspiron 8000 use the ATI Mobility and have
>a builtin DVD drive? I had a couple problems that I can't seem to figure
>out, and haven't annoyed me enough to do something about it...
I don't have a Dell machine, but I am given to understand that what I do
have is similar to a Dell Inspiron 5000e. In any case, it does use the
ATI Rage Mobility 128....
>With X, sometimes, when I'm leaving the graphics mode(switching consoles or
>ending my X session) the screen does a fade to a nice bright white and
>locks up the machine, causing me to swear and hard reboot the notebook.
>This is with XFree86 4.0.2 on up (I couldn't get a configuration to work
>with XFree86-3). I'm wondering if it's my hardware or XFree86-4 not as
>ready for primetime status.
Well, I used XF86-4.0.{1,2,3} (in that order); never had the problem you
describe. (Hope I never do....) I've been tracking -STABLE daily for
a while now, and (mostly) tracking -CURRENT as well, in case that's a
factor. As in your case, XFree86-3 didn't work for me, but -4 has been
pretty good.
>My DVD drive isn't detected unless I wait for about a minute to boot the
>kernel (by setting the autoboot to 60). If I don't wait that long then I
>get "ad0 identity retires exceeded" or something along those lines (don't
>have the dmesg handy :( ....
Hmmm... I don't have a DVD drive, but I do have a CD-RW, and haven't
experienced that problem, either....
>Anyway just wondering if anyone else is having a problem. Other than that,
>everything I use it for works peachy (never had a problem w/sound, I used the
>old maestro3 driver and the current one).
My machine uses the ESS Technology Maestro-2E, so that's not been an
issue for me.
Cheers,
david
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