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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 12:11:52 -0600
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Kelly Hendrix <kelly@compuage.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Dell Inspiron and Ati Rage Mobility
Message-ID:  <20010312121151.A26602@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010312125504.H2161@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com>
References:  <20010312125504.H2161@hnet04.kellyhendrix.com>

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On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 12:55:04PM -0500, Kelly Hendrix wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> I've managed to install FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE on my Inspiron 8000 laptop
> with few problems, but I'm having trouble with X-Windows.  According to
> some of the archives I've read, XFree86 4.0.2 supports the Ati Rage
> Mobility with the ati driver.  I've also tried the radeon, r128, and
> atimisc drivers with no success.  I can get the vga driver to work, but
> the resolution is so large, I personally find it unusable.  With all the
> drivers above, X probes the card and finds it to be an Ati Rage 128
> Mobility MF rev 0.  Dmesg says it's an ATI model 4d46.  Anyway, X fails
> to open with:
> 	
Kelly,

This may (or may not) help.  I had XFree86 3.whatever running
on the same adapter (compaq armada).  If you like, I'll send 
you my XF86Config.  (4.1-RELEASE)

-- 

Regards,
Doug

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