Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 02:47:03 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com>, <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Inspiron 8100 video issue Message-ID: <01090402470300.19266@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0109030352160.8424-100000@TMA-1.brad-x.com>
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On Monday 03 September 2001 04:01, Brad Laue wrote: > Hello all, > > My Inspiron 8100 comes with an nVidia GeForce2Go, which means a couple of > things for video. To review them: > > 1) This card will not be supported in open source in the near future, > since it contains third party components Hmmm . . yes . . . that's why I picked the RAGE chip rather than the nvidia chip when I ordered my i8000. (I order two entire months ago, before the 8100 was out . . . I don't know if this was an option with the 8100.) > 2) This card is not currently supported by the 'nv' XFree86 driver in any > useful way - it may drive an external display, but internal display is > impossible. > > 3) The only option is to use the VESA driver for XFree86, which > nonetheless provides decent 2D performance. > > Now, the TFT display on the i8100 is single resolution - it will either > display a black border around a smaller resolution, or, will dither and > antialias pixels in order to display the smaller resolution in full screen > mode. Its native, non-shrunk, non-emulated mode is 1400x1050. > > This is not a supported VESA mode, by any stretch of the imagination. > > http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%2BFreeBSD+%2BVESA+%2B1400x1050+unsupport >ed+mode&hl=en&safe=off&rnum=1&selm=821lcd%242it7%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu >.tw > > The above link details a patch to both the kernel, and an older version of > X, to acheive a similar effect and enable 1400x1050 operation on a similar > laptop. Is this acheivable using 4.4-RC and XFree86 4.1.0? Or, is there > some more kosher means? This patch is the for the Mach64 X driver; that is, the ATI RAGE Mobility Pro chipset, not the nvidia chip set. There could be an nvidia patch, but it would have to be a separate patch. FWIW, the RAGE i8000 works out-of-the-box with XFree 4, no patches or kluges needed. (The X -configure stuff didn't work, but I found a working XF86Config file on the net and used that.) If the RAGE is available; maybe you could still get it swapped out? Anyway, this should be a warning to people who have not bought their computers yet to avoid nvidia. > > Thanks in advance, > Brad > > // -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the messagehome | help
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