From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jun 20 10:50: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from cosrel2.hp.com (cosrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFC237C041 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:49:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@soco.agilent.com) Received: from usmint.soco.agilent.com (unknown [141.121.54.140]) by cosrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B28B87C1; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:49:15 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from darrylo@localhost) by usmint.soco.agilent.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.6 SMKit7.0) id KAA25033; Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:45:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200006201745.KAA25033@usmint.soco.agilent.com> Subject: Re: Inspiron 5000/7500 & X To: "Arun Welch"@usmint.soco.agilent.com, Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:45:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Darryl Okahata Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Mike Smith 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 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