From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Aug 29 00:57:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA28051 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:57:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from scanner.worldgate.com (scanner.worldgate.com [198.161.84.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA28037 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:56:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcs@znep.com) Received: from znep.com (uucp@localhost) by scanner.worldgate.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with UUCP id BAA08735; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 01:55:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by alive.znep.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA05397; Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:52:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:52:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Slemko To: Craig Johnston cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 560E TFT -> $1200 In-Reply-To: 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, Craig Johnston wrote: > 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. Yup, works pretty well for me too. This is on one of the recent Microwarehouse 560Es. > 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. I notice this only at 24-bit color with certain types of images; eg. the horrid default fvwm2 default faded-purple background. Don't notice it at 16 bits, nor do I notice it displaying most other things at 24-bit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message