Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 08:07:47 +0100 From: Richard Smith <rsmith@trltech.co.uk> To: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> Cc: rdls@rdls.net, FreeBSD Mobile <mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: apm and 5.0-CURRENT and Dell Inspiron Message-ID: <394097C3.BA902BD0@trltech.co.uk> References: <200006090411.VAA01358@mass.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > > I decided to trash a perfectly good 3.4-PAO installation on my Dell > > Inspiron 7500 and replace it with the 5.0-20000506-CURRENT snapshot on > > disk one of the June 2000 toolkit. > > > > The installation went like a dream and everything was back up an running > > within a couple of hours. Except for two minor problems: > > > > 1) apm which worked on 3.4-PAO does not even appear in dmesg (output > > attached), although it is listed in GENERIC. > > You probably left the 'disable' keyword in your kernel config. (sheepishly) I did. It's working now :-) > (I can say this with certainty, becuse I use APM (heavily) on my 7500 all > the time.) I bought the 7500 based on a recommendation that you posted to -mobile, and I must say that I am very pleased with it. > > 2) xli with the -fillscreen option paints a white screen. > > With no data at all on your X setup, this is impossible to guess at, but > it sounds like another configuration error. xli-1.16 works with both my 3.4/XFree86 and 5.0/Xig configurations on separate hardware, whereas xli-1.17.0 fails on both systems (using the command: `xli -fillscreen -onroot daemon1-HQ-1280x960.jpg'). I will report the problem to the author/maintainer. Many thanks, Richard. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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