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Subject: Re: half-width displays 
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From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> 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?

I had similar problems with the C&T 65554 chipset in my Toshiba with 
the "screen stretch" BIOS option turned on.  Turning this off made XF86 
much happier.

mike