Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:05:26 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Handbook section for laptops? Message-ID: <20010817140526.A27978@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010817135614.A40117@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>; from alex@big.endian.de on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 01:56:14PM %2B0200 References: <20010817131831.A26007@lpt.ens.fr> <20010817135614.A40117@fump.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>
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Alexander Langer said on Aug 17, 2001 at 13:56:14: > Thus spake Rahul Siddharthan (rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in): > > > X11 -- while the card is often detected without problem, setting up > > the monitor section correctly is tricky. The standard XFree86 config > > programs only give options for CRT monitors so it's not clear what is > > applicable to a laptop. I could write up what I did, with borrowings > > from linux laptop sites. > > Errrr, I just set up usual 1024x768 settings for mine, works great. Point is, doesn't work great for everyone. For XFree86 3.3.6, I needed to copy a modeline from some linux page. For XFree86 4.1.0, I didn't put in a modeline, but I needed to supply suitable HorizSync and VertRefresh lines. (XFree86 -configure gives you a sample file which "almost" works, you just need to insert those lines.) Even now, with both versions of XFree86, the display is slightly shifted off -- 3 blank pixels on the left, three missing pixels on the right -- but I can live with that. > You probably have - as myself - a laptop that doesn't support APM > any more, since it does ACPI. Actually, apm -Z worked ok with XFree86 3.3.6. With 4.x, the monitor refuses to switch on again. apm -z suspends the machine but I can't get it to resume again -- the timer thing doesn't work either. Anyway, my point is: the handbook is meant to walk new users through basic stuff, so it would be nice to have a section devoted to laptops covering stuff that doesn't appear in the main sections. - Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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