Hi,
> I've recently loaded Mandrake 9.0 on to a Dell Latitude C400. This laptop
> has the evil BIOS that doesn't allocate more than 1 MB of video ram, thus my
> Mandrake experience is limited to 8 bits at 1024x768 or 16 bits at 640x480.
>
> There is now an XFree86 patch to 4.2.0 that'll work around this problem.
>
> I was hoping it might have been compiled into 9.0, but no such luck.
>
> In other areas, 9.0 is feeling really solid, so I think I'll take the time
> and effort to whip up a new XFree86 according to the instructions at
> http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/linux/c400.html or
> http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html
>
>
> Has anyone else already done this? Might there be a cooker version of
> XFree86 with this patch already built?
I am using a laptop with exactly the same chipset. I run Mandrake 8.1
(9.0 should be not very different in this regard) with custom built CVS
XFree86. The i830/i845 chipset driver is undergoing constant changes, so
I think Your best bet would be to do the same. Actually, the i830/845
driver had had a major rewrite/bug-fix update yesterday, and I can say
this is the most decent version of this driver ever (and I am using it
for a year now).
Your chances of having this driver in Cooker are slim, since it really
is only in the latest CVS, and as far as I know even Mandrake does not
release rpms from CVS stuff. You would have to wait till the X guys
release XFree 4.3.0.
You can also find my page about setting up linux on a i830 laptop
usefull:
http://www.if.pw.edu.pl/~kisiel/laptop/hplinux.html
Adam Kisiel
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