Re: Inspiron 7500 vs x.org server

From: Chris (racerx_at_makeworld.com)
Date: 01/30/05

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To: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.ORG>

    Julian Elischer wrote:
    > Adding more to this.. x.org has this as bug 1109
    > It was erroneously linked as a duplicate of 1881 which has
    > been fixed, however that was a bug in the radeon driver and this
    > is the ati driver.
    >
    > If anyone knows what the Linux "vga=793" or (whatever it is)
    > kernel option does and whether there is somethign equivalent for freeBSD
    > that would be interesting.
    >
    >
    >
    >>Ok, so hearing good things about the x.org server
    >>and having seen it work elsewhere, I upgraded my laptop
    >>from XFree86 to x.org today..
    >>all went fine..
    >>Except running it I just get a black screen.
    >>no errors.. The Server thinks it's doing just fine..
    >>
    >>ok, so I go to my wife's ibook and surf around a bit and discover
    >>that this is known.. Dell Inspiron 7500 and x.org
    >>have this problem.
    >>
    >>There is talk of a workaround in linux.. setting a kernel argument to
    >>vga=753 or someothing similar, and there is one posting that talks about
    >>a similar workaround for FreeBSD existing, but I have not been
    >>able to find the workaround itself. Apparently this has been solved
    >>somewhere as well, but I can't find any specific reference to what the fix
    >>is/was.
    >>
    >>If anyone has a hint as to what the problem is (apparently some IBM
    >>laptops have the same problem (they use the same Rage mobility-M chip).
    >>
    >>Looking forward to having X again...
    >>
    >>If anyone has a dell 7500 working with x,org, I'd love to get a copy
    >>of your ati driver or a description of how you solved it..
    >>
    >>T.I.A.
    >>
    >>Julian

    I never had an issue running Xorg with my 7500 *shrug* 

    -- 
Best regards,
Chris
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always seem tense and overworked.
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