Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:35:27 -0500 From: "Chris Kulish" <lists@tekengine.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Intel 830M + Xfree 4.2.0 + Inspiron 2600 Message-ID: <001d01c247f2$3ea6ed20$0101010a@superbeast> In-Reply-To: <001b01c247dc$90109be0$0101010a@superbeast>
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Well, after some research, I was able to get X running using the Vesa driver. With one major problem, it seems that there is a limitation with the Inspiron 2600 (probably others) BIOS that wont allow you to set the legacy VGA amount of shared ram. It defaults to 1MB, which doesn't give you much color depth, although it will run at 1024x768. I am going to contact Dell on this issue because there is a rumor that Intel mandated OEM's not release BIOS' that only allow the 1MB to be set. You can read more info here: http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/linux/c400.html#xfree86 . I will try to keep the list updated on my progress, if any. Chris K. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of NOC - KP^2 Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:00 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel 830M + Xfree 4.2.0 + Inspiron 2600 Ok, I'm at my wits end, and I don't know where to go from here. I installed XFree86 4.2.0 via pkg_add Xfree86 Edited /boot/loader.conf w/ agp_load="YES" Did a sh MAKEDEV agpgart in /dev And finally added the "NoDDC" Option in the Xfree86 config file All of these have not changed anything when I try to configure Xfree with XFree86 -xf86config It always core dumps. There are a BUNCH of unresolved errors in the log file. Has anyone gotten this work work correctly with the setup mentioned in the subject? Thanks! Chris Kulish Here is an excerpt of the log file that is generated: (II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.5 Symbol fbQueryBestSize from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.o i s unresolved! Symbol fbCopyRegion from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.o is u nresolved! <SNIP> Symbol fbdevHWGetLineLength from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv .o is unresolved! Symbol fbdevHWGetLineLength from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv .o is unresolved! Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting 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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