From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Jan 18 18:38:55 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id SAA14141 for mobile-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 18:38:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA14135 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 18:38:52 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id NAA24217; Sun, 19 Jan 1997 13:08:16 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701190238.NAA24217@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Cirrus 7548 / Gateway Solo modes? In-Reply-To: from Doug White at "Jan 18, 97 01:28:57 pm" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 13:08:14 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Doug White stands accused of saying: > > I have a Gateway 2000 Solo here with a Cirrus Logic 7548 chipset (1 MB > RAM, dual scan) that I'm trying to get X up on. (getting X on laptops is > a load of fun!) > > Anyone have any modelines that work, or any good guesses? I can get the X > server to start, but the display is messed up, for example the display > repeats every few inches in horizontal bands. Also the display turns > white, as if the brightness is turned all the way up. The XFree support for the Cirrus 75* chips is pretty unwonderful. If you want to hack on it, they'd love to hear from you; if not, go pay a visit to www.xinside.com and hand Thomas a few of your readies. Their server works quite well, although you may have to turn off accelerated support to get it 100%. > Doug White | University of Oregon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[