From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Feb 25 12:49:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from atlrel2.hp.com (atlrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6975E37BB90 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:49:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by atlrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C07A19EE; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 15:49:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id MAA29743; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:49:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id MAA19204; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:49:23 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002252049.MAA19204@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device) Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:41:15 PST." <20000225114114.B21720@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:49:23 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Alfred Perlstein wrote: > I've been on most of the lists for about two years and never saw this > program mentioned nor what problem it's supposed to solve, perhaps you [ Don't worry, it was trivial to miss. ] The problem is that XFree86 doesn't work with the ATI Mobility-P video chipset used in the Dell Inspiron 7500. A couple of months back, I posted a pointer (in freebsd-mobile) to a kludgy workaround (which includes/uses a program called "xvtykludge"), and it appears that Mikel is trying to use it. [ Yes, I know that XFree86 3.3.6 is supposed to work with the Mobility-P, but 3.3.6 still doesn't work on the 7500. I don't know about the latest 4.0 betas, though. ] -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message