Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 20:47:14 -0600 From: Brian McGroarty <snowfox@yipyap.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: dmitry <dvk@toolbuilders.com>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Buying a new laptop / Baldwin's Nirvana Message-ID: <20001201204714.A27724@vixen.yipyap.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001130153230.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 03:32:30PM -0800 References: <200011302135.eAULZUK17960@mail.ipeg.com> <XFMail.001130153230.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 03:32:30PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 30-Nov-00 dmitry wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am about to purchase a new laptop with a following specs: > > I have a Dell Inspiron 5000e with the 1600x1200 display. cardbus works in > current with a hack, pccard works fine, sound works fine, apm doesn't work. (I > may get around to fixing that someday though.) acpi currently doesn't work on > it either. X works in 1600x1200, but it takes some work. I haven't tried the > 3.3.6 X bits that come with 4.2, which may work fine. However, X 4.0.1 has a > bug and doesn't work out of the box. I had to use cvsup to grab the X sources > out of the tree and use that to compile an X server. AccelX's server will work > fine on the 5000e though, and even supports using an external monitor as a > dual-head, etc. I like it fine, though I mainly wanted it for the screen. :) The laptop supports dual head with the external port? This laptop uses the ATI RAGE Mobility. Do you have a feeling for whether both heads are accelerated under X? I do many graphics presentations. I'd kill to have GL on a preview screen and presentation screen and still be able to take it with me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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