From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 31 22:49:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA23903 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:49:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA23898 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 1998 22:49:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk) Received: from (i-zone.demon.co.uk) [158.152.227.78] by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0zDjIp-0005cV-00; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 05:48:28 +0000 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 05:45:25 +0100 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: John Subject: Re: XFree fullscreen on laptop problems (CT65548 chipset) References: <9XmjECAXbK21EwbF@i-zone.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Turnpike (32) Version 4.00 <8P7LwQhRCnIWQRT3OpZyTlnKDO> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <19980818205507.07992@tarsier.domain.net>, eric writes >Hi -- I went through the exact same problem you did with a 110CS. I believe >the issues are the same. I think the Toshiba 100 series all use the CT65548, >anyway. To do 800x600x8bpp needs only 480 Kb of video ram. You actually have >*almost* (but not quite) enough ram to do 800x600x16bpp, which is a whole >lot nicer than 8bpp, as it lets you usefully run netscape and stuff like >that without colormap problems. The trick is that there is about 8 scanlines >too little memory to do 800x600x16bpp - BUT there is just enough to do >800x592x16bpp perfectly. So you need a special config that shaves 4 lines >off the top and 4 lines off the bottom. It's barely enough to notice, and it >gets you real color. Win95 on that laptop can't even do that. :) I'll include >my XF86Config file, which should just work for you. Remember when you start >using it you'll have to force it to go into 16bpp mode like this: >startx -- -bpp 16 > >Have fun! Hi Thanks for replying - your post was *most* informative. I am now able to run in full screen, but still at 8bpp only though the svga server appears not to reject it when i force to startx -- -16bpp. -- John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message