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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:05:51 +0200
From:      Pierrick Brossin <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com>
To:        Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Best X configurator for laptops?
Message-ID:  <1049094351.3e87e8cf7ea8f@www.swissgeeks.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030331001320.GD3228@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Quoting Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>:

> There were some problems with certain chip sets a while back.  When I
> got my Inspiron 7500, I had the same problem (well, as far as you
> describe it).  They needed to update XFree86 to fix it.  You might
> find it a good idea to install the latest version of XFree86 from the
> Ports Collection.

Well, I have a SONY Vaio laptop running XF 4.3.0 (and 4.2.1 before).
I both time had to modify the config file to insert VertRefresh and HorizSync
and also a modeline.

Otherwise I would a 640x480 screen.

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