I have just found a couple of XF86Config files for the Cirrus Logic 7555 chipset on a link on the http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/xfree86.html webpage. I will see what I can do with these and post my progress.
> Hi, > > I have just installed RedHat Linux 7.0 on to my laptop which has a Cirrus > Logic 7556 video card. By adding the line "vga=0x303" into the lilo.conf > file enables the VESA frame buffering (I am not quite sure what this means), > XFree86 uses the middle 640x480 of the 800x600 LCD display and leaves the > surrounding border blue (though when linux boots all of the screen is used > and a penguin appears in a colour box in the top left hand corner of the > screen). > > I am using the rpms for XFree86 that came on the RedHat 7.0 CDs (including > XFree86-4.0.1-1 and > XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-33) > > My Hardware is; > AST M Series Laptop with P133MHz Processor and 80Mb of RAM > Graphic Card - 32-bit PCI Cirrus Logic 7556 with 2MB video memory; 64-bit > video RAM interface with simultaneous internal/external monitor support. > Monitor - Type(TFT) SVGA, Size12.1" Diagonal, Max Resolution800x600 - 64K > Color, Character Display80 Columns x 25 Lines > > I have to admit that I am a bit of a novice at this and any suggestions > would how to use the full screen would be gratefully rec'd. > > Thanks, > > Charlie. > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
