From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Jan 8 19: 8:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from the.oneinsane.net (the.oneinsane.net [66.42.61.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D248C37B41D for ; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:08:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from venus.bsdguru.com (venus.bsdguru.com [207.113.133.11]) by the.oneinsane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561F515676; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:08:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by venus.bsdguru.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ACAE53E17; Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:08:27 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:08:27 -0800 From: Ben Lovett To: SirStargazer Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8k and ATI Rage Mobility 128 Message-ID: <20020108190827.A895@bsdguru.com> Mail-Followup-To: Ben Lovett , SirStargazer , mobile@freebsd.org References: <20020105190148.A7553@bsdguru.com> <3C381ED8.1020708@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3C381ED8.1020708@earthlink.net>; from rrodrig743@earthlink.net on Sun, Jan 06, 2002 at 01:54:32AM -0800 X-Moon: The Moon is Waning Crescent (20% of Full) X-GPG-Key: http://www.bsdguru.com/~blovett/blovett.pgp X-GPG-Fingerprint: C75F A722 1518 03B8 26C3 77A1 7C76 8AFA EBAB 2004 X-Disclaimer: All things expressed here are my opinions only, and not those of any past, present or future employers. X-Organization: San Diego BSD Users Group [http://www.sdbug.org] X-Operating-System: FreeBSD venus 4.4-STABLE X-Uptime: 7:05PM up 40 mins, 5 users, load averages: 0.14, 0.06, 0.01 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I realize that we have completely different systems (well, maybe not all that different other than model and possibly the video card revision). But, would it be too much trouble to e-mail me your XF86Config? Thanks! -ben I believe SirStargazer (rrodrig743@earthlink.net) scribbled this: > Hey, > Don't know if this is any help, but... > > On my Dell C800 with a 1400x1050 screen, the only way I got a stable > screen (read: not fade to white) when I switch in between X and console > was to add some mode lines that a got of some site. Don't ask me what > the mean or how `they get them, all I know is that it works. Once I > knocked my res. down to 800x600 and 1280x1024, (for which I had no mode > lines for) I got the same fade effect upon swithing back and forth. > Point beeing, search for some mode lines or @ least figure out how to > get them yourself. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Ben Lovett wrote: > > >I have been running FreeBSD on my I8K since June of 2001, with XFree86 > >4.x on a ATI Rage Mobility 128 video card. And, because I opted to get > >the 1600x1200 resolution screen I have been running at that since then. > >But... because I tend to value my eyesight, I would like to decrease the > >resolution to something like 1280x1024. That all works great, until I > >decide to switch to the console, and then the display fades to white and > >I have to power off the machine without a shutdown :-( > > > >So, as to my question.. Does anyone have a system like this running at a > >resolution like what I am looking for? As to my system setup. I am > >running 4.4-STABLE built on December 19, with XFree86 4.1.0 patchlevel > >7. > > > >TIA > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message