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Date:      Mon, 11 Nov 1996 10:53:48 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Just Baldrick <baldrick@rmsq.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with 2.1.5 and XFree86 3.2 on laptop
Message-ID:  <199611111753.KAA20329@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <199611111716.KAA01102@rmsq.com>
References:  <199611111716.KAA01102@rmsq.com>

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> I am having trouble with the screen display on a
> laptop.

And this laptop would be....????

> XFree86 3.2 correctly detects the chipset,
> Chips & Technologies 65545, and everything works
> OK except that the display is 712x600 instead of
> 800x600.

If it's on a NEC or the HP (from the XFree86 notes) this is normal.

> Using the option "fix_panel_size" (which does just that)
> the display is 800x600.  However, after 4 hours or so the
> display goes crazy, either becoming a mess of horizontal
> lines or just turning black.

Hmm, this hasn't happened with my box (NEC Versa/P), but it might be an
issue with the HP.

> Does anyone know why "fix_panel_size" should work perfectly
> at first and then crash later on?

Check out this:
http://www.xfree86.org/3.2/chips-4.html



Nate



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