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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.x Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!news.cais.net!bofh.dot!news.fc.net!obiwan!bob From: bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Subject: XFree86 on a Dell XPi P120ST portable Sender: root@obiwan.pmr.com (OBIWAN Superuser) Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX Message-ID: <DrIovv.7y1@obiwan.pmr.com> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: luke.pmr.com Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 21:26:18 GMT Lines: 15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.windows.x.i386unix:20031 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19516 comp.os.linux.x:31665 I have installed the XFree86 3.1.2D beta on my Dell Lattitude XPi P120ST notebook computer and, although the release notes for 3.1.2D claim to support the Cirrus Logic CL-GD7543 chipset (which is what is in my computer), any attempt to run X throws it into a vertical synch tizzy that is only fixable with a reboot of the system. This even happens with "X -probeonly". The OS is FreeBSD-current and the screen resolution of my computer is 800x600. Any help or pointers greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- Bob Willcox bob@luke.pmr.com Austin, TX