Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:23:47 -0500 From: Joe Royce <joe@team7.cba.ualr.edu> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell OptiPlex GX110 video Message-ID: <20000606092347.A12850@team5.cba.ualr.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000606182431.S60472@welearn.com.au>; from sue@welearn.com.au on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 06:24:33PM %2B1000 References: <20000606182431.S60472@welearn.com.au>
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Looks like it is the Intel i810 chipset. Only info I've been able find is at: http://www.xfree86.org/4.0/Status16.html#16 Looks like you will be out of luck for a while, unless you want to run Linux. HTH -Joe On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 06:24:33PM +1000, Sue Blake wrote: > Anyone got X running on a Dell OptiPlex GX110? > > I'm not sure whether FreeBSD 4.0R isn't recognising the video chip > correctly, or I'm not guessing correctly. > > I've spent three solid work days trying every configuration I can > imagine, first with XFree86 3.3.5 then 3.3.6, with various servers... > VGA16, SVGA, S3, Mach??, ... and most give me 320x200 with 3/4 of the > screen off-screen. Today again I threw caution to the wind and fluked > 640x480 with 16 colours (not bits, colours) and it's hideous and slow. > I really hope it's just some silly oversight. > > Sorry I'm not reporting very well. The machine's an hour away with no > Internet and it can't be moved, but I could sit there and write stuff down > and email it the next day if that's any use. Better, though, if someone > out there happens to have clues for these machines already. > > Specs are at http://support.dell.com/docs/systems/opgx110/en/ug/index.htm > while on bootup I see > vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0 > Doesn't look good, huh? > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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