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RE: X on a laptop



On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Anatol Quabach wrote:

:OK, up and running. 800x600 works, 640x480 is completely messed up
:(tiled screen). I simply removed that resolution from the XF86Config
:file.
:
:Unfortunately, X uses the "vga16" driver, not "svga" or "accel".
:Therefore I get a color depth of 4bit, though the card could handle
:16 or 24bit at 800x600. Can I force X to use the accel or the svga
:driver in any way?
:
:Anatol

Anatol, check out ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/XBF. (that is if you have
NeoMagic card as that is the impression that I got). There is even a
sample usable XF86Config file...

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