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To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com>
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Subject: Re: Inspiron 5000/7500 & X
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Darryl,

    I don't know if this'll help but have at it...see the attached...

Darryl Okahata wrote:

> Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
>
> > > Has anyone gotten X to work with the 15" 1400x1080 screen?
> >
> > Yes.  Xig's Accelerated X/Laptop version works, and there are (nasty)
> > hacks to make XFree86 work (much slower) as well.
>
>      The nasty hacks are only for 3.3.5.  XFree86 4.0 works fine in
> 1400x1050 mode, "out-of-the-box"; no nasty hacks are needed.  For 4.0,
> there are some caveats, though:
>
> * The "XFree86 -configure" command doesn't work with the Inspiron 7500
>   (don't know about the 5000).  You have to write your own XF86Config
>   file.
>
> * There are, supposedly, security issues with the 4.0 server, as it's
>   setuid root.
>
> * As Mike said, the 4.0 server is slower (in fact, it's
>   unaccelerated).  However, I think it's adequately fast for most
>   people.  While the XIG server is faster, I (personally) can't
>   justify spending $200 on speed which I don't really need.

I agree...so I'll put up with the bugs...and lack of speed...

>
>
> --
>         Darryl Okahata
>         darrylo@soco.agilent.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not
> constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or
> of the little green men that have been following him all day.
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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "xie"
	Load  "pex5"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "auto"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    ModeLine "1400x1050" 189.65 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090 #91Hz
EndSection

Section "Device"
	### Available Driver options are:-
        #Option     "accel"
        #Option     "crt_screen"
        #Option     "composite_sync"
        #Option     "linear"
        #Option     "probe_clocks"
        #Option     "shadow_fb"
	Identifier  "ATI Mach64 LM"
	Driver      "ati"
	VendorName  "ATI"
	BoardName   "Mach64 LM"
	ChipSet     "ati"
	ChipId      0x4c4d
	ChipRev     0x64
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "ATI Mach64 LM"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes	"1400x1050"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     15
		Modes	"1400x1050"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes	"1400x1050"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes	"1400x1050"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
EndSection


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