Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:49:23 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device) Message-ID: <200002252049.MAA19204@mina.sr.hp.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:41:15 PST." <20000225114114.B21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> 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
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