Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!obiwan!bob From: bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Subject: Re: XFree86 on Dell Latitude XPi Notebook?? Sender: bob@obiwan.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) Organization: Bob's Place, Austin TX Message-ID: <DrJDvs.8px@obiwan.pmr.com> References: <DrCK6A.MJE@obiwan.pmr.com> <DrDxqJ.236@gaston.m.ISAR.de> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: luke.pmr.com Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 06:26:15 GMT Lines: 37 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.windows.x.i386unix:20034 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19549 In article <DrDxqJ.236@gaston.m.ISAR.de>, Klaus Lichtenwalder <klaus@gaston.m.ISAR.de> wrote: >bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) writes: > >>I have a Dell Latitude XPi-P120ST Notebook computer that I run >>FreeBSD on and would like to get X-Windows running on. The video >>adapter in it is a Cirrus Logic CL-GD7543 and it has a 800x600 >>active matrix display. I suspect that I'm not the first to try to >>run X-Windows on one of these :-) and was hoping someone out there >>that does could send me their X-Windows configuration file. > >No, you're definitely not :-) >You have to get the beta release of XFree86, X312D. There's native >support for the 7543. You also might want to check >http://www.yy.cs.keio.ac.jp/contrib/sanpei/how2800x600.html. > >Here's my XF86config, for an AST Ascentia 950N. It's hacked together >with xf86config, but works like a charm... Thanks alot for your reply. With the help of your config file I have been able to get X-Windows up on my notebook, but it still isn't right. The picture is about 3/4" low, wrapping from the bottom to the top. One of the things I noticed is that I have to have my display in what appears to be 800x600 mode (via the keyboard Font function key) for it to not go completely out of vertical synch. Unfortunately, the user's manual that came with my computer doesn't mention the 800x600 display that I have, but only its 640x480 predecesor. I am, however, making progress and expect that I'm not too far from success now. [smip] -- Bob Willcox bob@luke.pmr.com Austin, TX