From owner-freebsd-mobile Mon Aug 24 12:29:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA23730 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:29:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jane.lfn.org (jane.lfn.org [209.16.92.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA23706 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 12:29:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from caj@lfn.org) Received: (qmail 6039 invoked by uid 100); 24 Aug 1998 19:28:42 -0000 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:28:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Craig Johnston To: Brett Glass cc: Poul-Henning Kamp , Nate Williams , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 560E TFT -> $1200 In-Reply-To: <199808241656.KAA10809@lariat.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Brett Glass wrote: > I understand that Xi Graphics' X server for the Cyber does a MUCH better > job on ThinkPads than the one included with XFree86. It's said to > be faster and work on more machines. They have a downloadable trial > version you might want to try. > > --Brett > XFree86 does an o.k. job -- the secret, I found, to making 3.3.2 work is specifying 'chipset "cyber9382"' -- 3.3.1 seemed to autodetect this. I was told that 'Option "cyber_shadow"' may be of help as well. My one problem with the XFree86 server is that I cannot seem to get a screen that does not flicker -- when I move my head vertically I can see horizontal lines scrolling vertically on the display. At lower refresh rates, I don't even have to move my head -- very visible lines scroll down the display. This concerns me because a TFT screen doesn't scan -- I ought to be able to set a 60hz refresh rate that is rock solid. Anyone have a clue as to what might be going on here? I'll check out the Xi server and see if it exhibits the problem. -Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message