Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 04:01:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Brad Laue <brad@brad-x.com> To: <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Inspiron 8100 video issue Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0109030352160.8424-100000@TMA-1.brad-x.com>
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Hello all, My Inspiron 8100 comes with an nVidia GeForce2Go, which means a couple of things for video. To review them: 1) This card will not be supported in open source in the near future, since it contains third party components 2) This card is not currently supported by the 'nv' XFree86 driver in any useful way - it may drive an external display, but internal display is impossible. 3) The only option is to use the VESA driver for XFree86, which nonetheless provides decent 2D performance. Now, the TFT display on the i8100 is single resolution - it will either display a black border around a smaller resolution, or, will dither and antialias pixels in order to display the smaller resolution in full screen mode. Its native, non-shrunk, non-emulated mode is 1400x1050. This is not a supported VESA mode, by any stretch of the imagination. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%2BFreeBSD+%2BVESA+%2B1400x1050+unsupported+mode&hl=en&safe=off&rnum=1&selm=821lcd%242it7%241%40FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw The above link details a patch to both the kernel, and an older version of X, to acheive a similar effect and enable 1400x1050 operation on a similar laptop. Is this acheivable using 4.4-RC and XFree86 4.1.0? Or, is there some more kosher means? Thanks in advance, Brad // -- http://www.BRAD-X.com/ -- // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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