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RE: trying to discover video chipset



Maybe :

discover video --xserver (or --xdriver)

And you also can use kudzu

Greetings.




--- Clement Ng <clementsf@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Also, try checking on the manufacturer's website for
> more inforamtion .
> Dell happens to have a fairly well docuemntated
> website for things like
> this.  According to the site, looks like the
> Latitude XP 4x series
> laptops use the Western Digital 90C24A2 chipset. 
> Check this  link for
> more information:
>
http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/dta/LATXP/00000001.htm#Video.
>  You may have
> to select your laptop model from a pull down menu. 
> 
> I've never had success with 'Superprobe', and now I
> think I know why.
> 'XFree86 -configure' should work for you as well.  
> 
> Cheers,
> Clement
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Werner Heuser [mailto:Werner.Heuser@web.de] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:51 PM
> To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: trying to discover video chipset
> 
> 
> > Can anyone offer any advice on how I can discover
> the video chipset of
> 
> > an old dell latitude xp 475c (so I can choose the
> correct driver for 
> > X?)
> ..
> 
> You may try `SuperProbe' but this seems only
> available for older
> versions of X11 (I suppose X11 3.x, see Debian
> Potato). Or with newer
> X11 4.x you may try `XFree86 -configure'.
> 
> 
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