Hi,
Just following the thread......I have an I8K running LM8.2 . When I upgraded
from 8.1 (XFree86 4.2.0) I could not get any resolutions other than
1400x1050. So I set up all my font sizes to compensate.
Are the listed rpms good on 8.2? Have you tried them?
tia,
Bill W.
On Thursday 18 April 2002 06:59 pm, you wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Ola Theander wrote:
> > Dear subscribers.
> >
> > I've recently upgraded to XFree86 on my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop, hoping
> > to solve a problem that sometimes occur when I shut down my KDE 2.2.1
> > installation to get back to the shell. The problem is that KDE hangs and
> > the items on the screen fades away in some strange graphics effect. It
> > looks pretty much like burning paper. After this the KDE is totally
> > locked. The only thing that helps is to turn off the power.
>
> 1. What FlashBIOS are you using ?
> Early ones were quire buggy, the latest A18 & A19 seems to have a
> problem with the fans. It probably pays to upgrade to A17 if you have an
> earlier one (I had similar problems with earlier BIOSes)
>
> 2. With respect to X modes: Dell offers atimp310.rpm, atimp312.rpm
> and atimp314.rpm which contains each a XF86Config-4 for
> various screen resolutions.
>
> Cheers,
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