On Wednesday 17 March 2004 07:21 pm, Job Evers wrote:
->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. ->
Have you tried one of the patches just for the sheer unadulterated fun of it?
Even though you've got a later XFree version? Just download it, "make" it,
then copy the executable to /sbin/ and run it from there as root. After that,
use MCC to try to readjust your resolution.Here:
/sbin/845patch 64000
gives me 64 megs of video memory.
Just a thought...
(and I was drinking classic Michelob earlier - but I'd have to drink, what? 5
to 1 to match your Guiness? Damned weak American beer)
->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. ->
I understand. I picked mine up for $699. Would have loved to have had the new
Dell gaming laptop ($3300 - will run everything!) but I didn't win the
lottery. <grin>
->Happy St. Patrick's Day
->Job
->
and to you as well! :-)
PS Gotta tell you my worst St. Patricks day horror story. A few years ago,
before I was married, a buddy of mine and I went to a local/popular watering
hole called Center Stage, because they were advertising "green" beer for St.
Patricks day, at half price. We figured something imported, like Heineken or
Moosehead, so off we went. Guess what the bums did? Took some cheap no-name
brand and added green food coloring to it. Talk about taste that sucked
vacuum hard.... ugh.... :-(
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