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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx.best.com!not-for-mail From: djc@shellx.best.com (Darren Croke) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: XFree86 on Dell Latitude XPi Notebook?? Date: 16 May 1996 22:46:08 -0700 Organization: Best Internet Communications Lines: 244 Message-ID: <4nh3r0$kpp@shellx.best.com> References: <DrCK6A.MJE@obiwan.pmr.com> <DrDxqJ.236@gaston.m.ISAR.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.windows.x.i386unix:20035 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:19550 I've just installed FreeBSD on my Dell Latitude XPi-P75D laptop and it hangs during boot once it's done probing all the i/o devices. Did you guys have to do anything special other than turning off power management to get it running on your 120's ? Darren. In article <DrDxqJ.236@gaston.m.ISAR.de>, Klaus Lichtenwalder <klaus@gaston.m.ISAR.de> wrote: >bob@luke.pmr.com (Bob Willcox) writes: > >>I have a Dell Latitude XPi-P120ST Notebook computer that I run >>FreeBSD on and would like to get X-Windows running on. The video >>adapter in it is a Cirrus Logic CL-GD7543 and it has a 800x600 >>active matrix display. I suspect that I'm not the first to try to >>run X-Windows on one of these :-) and was hoping someone out there >>that does could send me their X-Windows configuration file. > >No, you're definitely not :-) >You have to get the beta release of XFree86, X312D. There's native >support for the 7543. You also might want to check >http://www.yy.cs.keio.ac.jp/contrib/sanpei/how2800x600.html. > >Here's my XF86config, for an AST Ascentia 950N. It's hacked together >with xf86config, but works like a charm... > >Klaus ># File generated by xf86config. > ># ># Copyright (c) 1994 by The XFree86 Project, Inc. ># ># Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a ># copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), ># to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation ># the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, ># and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the ># Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: ># ># The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in ># all copies or substantial portions of the Software. ># ># THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR ># IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, ># FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL ># THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, ># WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF ># OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE ># SOFTWARE. ># ># Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall ># not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other ># dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the ># XFree86 Project. ># > ># ********************************************************************** ># Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of ># this file. ># ********************************************************************** > ># ********************************************************************** ># Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set ># ********************************************************************** > >Section "Files" > ># The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the ># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally ># no need to change the default. > > RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" > ># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together), ># as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath ># command (or a combination of both methods) ># ># If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other ># programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory ># to the end of this list (or comment them out). ># > > > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > >EndSection > ># ********************************************************************** ># Server flags section. ># ********************************************************************** > >Section "ServerFlags" > ># Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is ># received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may ># provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging > ># NoTrapSignals > ># Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence ># This allows clients to receive this key event. > ># DontZap > ># Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching ># sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events. > ># DontZoom > >EndSection > ># ********************************************************************** ># Input devices ># ********************************************************************** > ># ********************************************************************** ># Keyboard section ># ********************************************************************** > >Section "Keyboard" > > Protocol "Standard" > ># when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the ># following line > ># Protocol "Xqueue" > > AutoRepeat 500 5 ># Let the server do the NumLock processing. This should only be required ># when using pre-R6 clients ># ServerNumLock > ># Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) ># Xleds 1 2 3 > ># To set the LeftAlt to Meta, RightAlt key to ModeShift, ># RightCtl key to Compose, and ScrollLock key to ModeLock: > > LeftAlt Meta > RightAlt ModeShift ># RightCtl Compose ># ScrollLock ModeLock > >EndSection > > ># ********************************************************************** ># Pointer section ># ********************************************************************** > >Section "Pointer" > Protocol "PS/2" > Device "/dev/mouse" > ># When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment ># the following line. > ># Protocol "Xqueue" > ># Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice > ># BaudRate 9600 ># SampleRate 150 > ># Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice ># Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms) > > Emulate3Buttons > Emulate3Timeout 50 > ># ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice > ># ChordMiddle > >EndSection > > ># ********************************************************************** ># Monitor section ># ********************************************************************** > ># Any number of monitor sections may be present > >Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Prostar LCD 800x600" > VendorName "Prostar" > ModelName "Unknown" > HorizSync 31.5 - 64 > VertRefresh 50-90 > # 800x600 @ 56 Hz, 35.15 kHz hsync > ModeLine "800x600" 36 800 824 912 1000 600 601 603 625 >EndSection > > ># ********************************************************************** ># Graphics device section ># ********************************************************************** > >Section "Device" > Identifier "Cirrus Logic GD7543 (laptop)" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > Chipset "clgd7543" > Clockchip "cirrus" >## Option "linear" >## Membase 0x4e00000 >EndSection > > ># ********************************************************************** ># Screen sections ># ********************************************************************** > ># The Colour SVGA server > >Section "Screen" > Driver "svga" > Device "Cirrus Logic GD7543 (laptop)" > Monitor "Prostar LCD 800x600" > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "800x600" > ViewPort 0 0 > Virtual 800 600 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "800x600" > ViewPort 0 0 > Virtual 800 600 > EndSubsection >EndSection >-- >________________________________________________________________________ > Klaus Lichtenwalder, Dipl. Inform., PGP Key: email to key@Four11.com > Lichtenwalder@ACM.org, http://www.wp.com/Klaus, fax: +49-89-98292755 > Check out Oregon vs. Schwartz: http://www.lightlink.com/spacenka/fors