Great infos: I will surely use them!!!! Thanx ste 8-� > Kernel binaries at that site work well for me on both boxes. 8-� > 8-� > Random notes from X discoveries: 8-� > 8-� > 1. If you use -pa55, define your keyboard to X as xfree86 not hp. There 8-� > has been a recent change in the kernel keyboard driver that is not 8-� > reflected in older mailing list messages about configuring a keyboard 8-� > for X. 8-� > 8-� > 2. Use a serial mouse; HIL mouse not supported yet. I use a 2-button 8-� > microsoft mouse. I have had trouble having the gpm driver active during 8-� > X sessions on the 720 (but not on a 735). gpm has little value to me 8-� > anyway so I deinstalled it on the 720 (it may be in the default install 8-� > from ISO). 8-� > 8-� > 3. The extended-char key is equivalent to an Alt key on a PC. 8-� > control-extended-backspace kills the X server. control-extended-f2 gets 8-� > back to a text console from X, control-extended-f7 resumes X. 8-� > 8-� > 4. The X video device driver to use is "fbdev". 8-� > 8-� > 5. If you have a 24-bit framebuffer that doesn't work try setting 8-� > DefaultFbBpp to 32 and DefaultDepth to 24. 8-� > 8-� > 6. The fbset utility (apt-get install fbset) is helpful to check the 8-� > actual video mode of a text console in framebuffer mode, but I can't get 8-� > it to change resolutions on crx or crx24. 8-� > 8-� > 7. The kernel has some support to change depths on cards that have more 8-� > than one. Kernel boot parameter: 8-� > 8-� > video=stifb:bpp:8 8-� > 8-� > video=stifb:bpp:32 8-� > 8-� > -- SP 8-� > 8-� > 8-� > -- 8-� > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8-� > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8-� >
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