From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Jan 6 6:24:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from ece.cmu.edu (ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1213B37B404 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 06:24:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu (allbery@VPN85.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.138.85]) (authenticated) by ece.cmu.edu (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g06EKJg03267; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:20:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8k and ATI Rage Mobility 128 From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH To: Eric =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hedstr=F6m?= Cc: Ben Lovett , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3C37DF65.4060204@ucsd.edu> References: <20020105190148.A7553@bsdguru.com> <3C37DF65.4060204@ucsd.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0 (Preview Release) Date: 06 Jan 2002 09:20:13 -0500 Message-Id: <1010326820.3952.0.camel@vpn85.ece.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 00:23, Eric Hedstr=F6m wrote: > With LCD screens the dots are fixed in size, so lowering the resolution=20 > doesn't make the pixels larger. If I lower the resolution on my Thinkpad=20 > it just uses the middle (say) 1280x1024 pixels, and I get a black border=20 > around the edge. The Inspiron displays do some fancy antialiased image magnification.=20 The entire screen is used, and for common resolutions (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768; 1280x1024 doesn't work quite as well) the display is a little "fuzzy" but quite usable. --=20 brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university ["better check the oblivious first" -ke6sls] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message