Christian Zietz writes: > Hi, > > as developer of 855patch I get a lot of feedback from people using > XFree86 on computers with i855GM graphics. > It seems like new notebooks by Dell feature a new video BIOS from Intel > (iirc Build 3066) which finally implements the int 0x10 0x5f11 function > to set the amount of video RAM and thus making 855patch obsolete. > > But the i810-driver refuses to work on systems with that BIOS version. I > had several independent reports of users who just get a completely green > screen when starting XFree86. I had a look on a log file and found > nothing unusual. The XFree86 VESA driver however works but just in low > resolutions/color depths as there is no way to allocate more video RAM > there. > > As I've been absent of this list: Is this already a known issue? >
I haven't heared anyting about this issue yet. The first question that comes to my mind is: What happens if a low resolution mode that works with VESA is set on the i8xx driver? Egbert. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
