Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 18:39:15 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: Mike Del <repenting@hotmail.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I really need some help setting up xfree86 on my toshiba315CDS notebook computer Message-ID: <199805080139.SAA00738@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 May 1998 16:06:22 PDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980507160433.24334C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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> On Thu, 7 May 1998, Mike Del wrote: > > > Hello to all, > > I really need some help getting xfree86 to work, with my Toshiba 315CDS > > notebook computer, it has a C&T65555 video card (supported by Xfree86). > > The problems I am having are that the upper half of the screen is > > mirrored on the lower half of the screen. Also the screen is a faded > > white. But when i ran XF86Setup, and it started X to do the setup, X > > looked fine. Could anyone that has/knows about this please send me setup > > info, xf86config file(s), etc. > > Interesting. XFree86 is pretty smart about laptops now, just as long as > you don't over-spec your display's horizontal and vertical sync rates. > Treat it as a 800x600 display (or whatever size it is). I just set up a > Dell LX the other day and had to remind myself of this while I looked at > a scrambled display. There appear to be some implementation-related issues with the 6555x parts and newer Toshiba laptops; the Satellite Pro 440 also demonstrates some very unpleasant symptoms both with Xaccel and XFree86. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the messagehome | help
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