On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:44:22 -0500 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 March 2004 02:17 pm, Job Evers wrote: > ->On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 11:24:08 +0000 > ->Job Evers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -> > ->> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:07:25 +1100 > ->> Stephen Kuhn wrote: > ->> > On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 11:56, Job Evers wrote: > ->> > > I was wondering if anybody on the list uses this chipset (or > ->> > > something similar: 852/855 GM/GME) and if so were you able to > get->> > > your notebook to display at 1024x768 resolution? > ->> > > > ->> > > Job > > Don't know if its relevant or not but I had to use the 845patch file > with my Dell Inspiron 1100 with the 845 chipset. Otherwise, I had a > 640x480 screen. The patch increases video memory. It defaulted to 1 > meg in BIOS and could not be changed there. > > I got the patch here (and there are other patches here for other > chipsets): > > http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/cms/?English_page >From the website: "The functionality of 855patch and 855wrap was added to XFree86 and should be included in XFree86 4.4.x and its betas. So if you have got a really new version of XFree86 you may not need 855patch or 855wrap anymore. You can also compile XFree86 from the CVS sources." I just finished installing XFree86 4.4.0 and haven't had any success yet with getting to 1024x768 resolution. I found a website: http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/845driver.html that recommends that I add a patch to my kernel with agpgart. I have no idea as of yet how to patch my kernel, but I'll attempt to learn tomorrow (too much Guinness tonight, I am afraid). Any advice is more then welcome. > > and lots of info here: > > http://linux.dell.com/desktops.shtml > > but this 2nd link may not be as much help to you unless you are using > a Dell... :-) Yeah, I browsed through the information but there did not seem to be much about anything that was related to my Gateway hardware. This notebook has been a pain in the arse, but fortunately it was cheap. Someday everything will work like I want it to and then a couple hours later I will break it of course. Happy St. Patrick's Day Job -- Job Evers
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