Re: XF86Config for potato/dell inspiron

["Greg Wiley" <greg@orthogony.com>]

>From the "Answer your own quesition
department":

I got this kind of working.  Here are the
basics for those in the same boat.

XServer: XF86_Mach64

XF86Config:

[...]

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "LCD"
    VendorName    "Samsung"
    ModelName     "LTN150P1-L01"
    HorizSync     30-100
    VertRefresh   50-100
    ModeLine "640x480" 36.00 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
    Modeline "1400x1050" 155.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064
1090 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Mobility"
    VendorName    "ATI"
    BoardName     "Rage Mobility 8MB"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver        "Accel"
    Device        "Mobility"
    Monitor       "LCD"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth    24
        Modes    "1400x1050" "640x480"
        Viewport 0 0
    EndSubSection
EndSection


I have a little flickering row of dots
in the lower left-hand corner of the
display but have been told that it
will go way once I enable frame-
buffer support.

To anyone with LCD expertise:  Does
this config look reasonable?  I don't
know if LCD's are susceptible to the
same overdriving problems as CRT's.

Thanks,

  -=greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Wiley" <greg@orthogony.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 12:09 AM
Subject: XF86Config for potato/dell inspiron

> Does anyone have a working X config file
> for the Dell Inspiron 5000 with the
> 1400x1050 panel?  I can't get this bugger
> to work in anything other than 640x480.
>
> The Rage Mobility is correctly identified
> by the SVGA server and the panel and its
> resolution is also detected.  However,
> I cannot seem to create a valid 1400x1050
> mode (XF86Setup doesn't even offer> the resolution as an option).
>
> I found a document describing how to
> install Potato on the 5000 but the author
> didn't use Debian for X--opting, instead,
> to immediately upgrade to XF86 v4.
>
> I would rather stick to a pure Potato if
> possible.
>
> TIA,
>
>   -=greg