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Re: X-Windows on on Dell Inspiron



I wrote:

>Anybody get X-Windows (Metro-X or XFree86) to run on a Dell Inspiron 
>notebook?  I know it's possible, because the Metro-X config runs as 
>16-color X, but I can't get either to startup in a normal way.
>
>TIA.

Here's some more info from me:

The notebook uses a NeoMagic board (2MB VRAM), which is unsupported by 
Metro-X and Xfree86.
Got XF86_VGA-16 at 800*600 (and 640*480) to work by faking the hsync and 
vsync ranges - works fine.

SVGA however, insists on going into 320*200 which gives lots of garbage, 
and furthermore won't do even 16 bpp in the afore-mentioned garbage mode 
cause it thinks its a generic chipset.  Thats prob. a built-in limit 
which can be changed in the sorce code, but first we gotta get a normal 
resolution.

So, what do I do?

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