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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:22:11 -0700
From:      Rob <europax@home.com>
To:        Josh Elsasser <jre@vineyard.net>
Cc:        "Ralph N. Smith" <ralph@webcom.com>, "freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Sony Vaio PCG-FX290
Message-ID:  <3B674BB2.BFF3C340@home.com>
References:  <20010730232405.G55919-100000@jade.elsasser.org>

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Josh Elsasser wrote:
> 
> Ah, excellent.  That works great.
> 
> > This works for XFree86 4.1.0_4 from the ports.
> >
> > The problem was that the X server hung when executing the DDC module
> > which probes the VESA Display Data Channel.  Inserting Option "NoDDC"
> > into the i810 Device section turned off this probe, and X started right
> > up.  The appropriate snippet from XF86Config is:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> >     Identifier        "i810"
> >     Driver    "i810"
> >     VideoRam  32768
> >     Option    "NoDDC"
> >     #VideoRam 4096
> >     # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
> > EndSection
> >
> > I am currently running this at 1024x768, 24 bits.
> >
> > I also have agp_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf.
> >
> > Ralph
> > --
> > Ralph N. Smith
> > ralph@webcom.com
> >
> >

I assume that running Viao FX290 with X in the native 1400x1050 mode is
impossible at 16 bits color, since I understand that i815 uses SRAM for
any remaining VRAM needs.   Is this true?  Rob.  ps it would be nice to
get that last inch of LCD space usable.

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