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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:02:54 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xvtykludge error (ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device)
Message-ID:  <20000225140254.H21720@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <200002252049.MAA19204@mina.sr.hp.com>; from darrylo@sr.hp.com on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 12:49:23PM -0800
References:  <20000225114114.B21720@fw.wintelcom.net> <200002252049.MAA19204@mina.sr.hp.com>

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* Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> [000225 13:19] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> wrote:
> 
> > I've been on most of the lists for about two years and never saw this
> > program mentioned nor what problem it's supposed to solve, perhaps you
> 
> [ Don't worry, it was trivial to miss.  ]
> 
>      The problem is that XFree86 doesn't work with the ATI Mobility-P
> video chipset used in the Dell Inspiron 7500.  A couple of months back,
> I posted a pointer (in freebsd-mobile) to a kludgy workaround (which
> includes/uses a program called "xvtykludge"), and it appears that Mikel
> is trying to use it.
> 
> [ Yes, I know that XFree86 3.3.6 is supposed to work with the
>   Mobility-P, but 3.3.6 still doesn't work on the 7500.  I don't know
>   about the latest 4.0 betas, though.  ]

You still really haven't given us a pointer to the program.

-Alfred


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