Hello, Thanks for your answer.
> > The main difference between both bioses is the different size (new: 0x80 > kB, old > > 0x67 kB) which could stem from further extensions as (hopefully) > additional > > modeline entries etc. > > I had a look at BIOS 3166 which was provided together with the Windows > driver and it did not contain support for more video modes. (The size > info has nothing to say, actually. It was set to 0x80 in BIOS 3166, too. > The area reserved for the Video-BIOS is 64 kiB.) That's a pity. But to be sure that we are talking about the same file: The video bios file I am talking about is "mtg_3240.dat" (3240 stands for the build number). It is included in a zip file in the windows driver installation file. This zip file's name is "vbios852-855.zip" (i855 is my chip set). > According to Intel they won't support 1400x1050 in their Video-BIOSes. > They say it's the job of the OEMs to modify the BIOS supplied by Intel > accordingly. I knew that. However, my hope was that the other files included in this "vbios*.zip" file are part of the OEM utility program BMP which is used to modify certain parameters in the original bios, according to the description in http://www.versalogic.com/Support/Downloads/pdf/69030bg.pdf (The chip set described in this pdf is totally unrelated to my problem, but I thougth there might be a connection between the BMP utility program and the com_bmp.exe included in the zip file mentioned above.) I hoped that the other files in this "vbios*.zip" file are the necessary modifications for the implementation of a 1400x1050 video mode. > I wrote a program to load the BIOS and replace the old one (NO, it will > NOT be released). The problem is: The new BIOS is not configured > correctly for the hardware. It worked more or less in my case, but I > think this could lead to whole lot of problems. Which laptop are you using? I will bear this warnings in my mind. Anyway, I want to try the bios replacement. Would something like this work: su dd if=bios_replacement_file bs=1 count=65536 of=/dev/mem skip=49151 (49151 = 0xc000 - 1) ?? Thanks for your help. Stefan _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
