Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:45:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: "Arun Welch"@usmint.soco.agilent.com, <welch@anzus.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inspiron 5000/7500 & X Message-ID: <200006201745.KAA25033@usmint.soco.agilent.com>
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Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> > Has anyone gotten X to work with the 15" 1400x1080 screen?
>
> Yes. Xig's Accelerated X/Laptop version works, and there are (nasty)
> hacks to make XFree86 work (much slower) as well.
The nasty hacks are only for 3.3.5. XFree86 4.0 works fine in
1400x1050 mode, "out-of-the-box"; no nasty hacks are needed. For 4.0,
there are some caveats, though:
* The "XFree86 -configure" command doesn't work with the Inspiron 7500
(don't know about the 5000). You have to write your own XF86Config
file.
* There are, supposedly, security issues with the 4.0 server, as it's
setuid root.
* As Mike said, the 4.0 server is slower (in fact, it's
unaccelerated). However, I think it's adequately fast for most
people. While the XIG server is faster, I (personally) can't
justify spending $200 on speed which I don't really need.
--
Darryl Okahata
darrylo@soco.agilent.com
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