Re: Intel 845 in XFree4.3.0.1

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) wrote:

> It worked....intel driver....videoram on it and it is okay....
>
> One other problem...i can't select 16 color depth with 1024x768
> With this resolution only 8 color depth.
>
> Anyone an idea ?
>
> GrtZ,
> Phil.
>
>  
I had similar problems on my Dell GX270. Turns out that the A06 version 
of the BIOS is broken, and once I downgraded to A03 all was well.

I sent a note to Dell telling them that they should fix their BIOS or 
develop a reputation for selling shoddy hardware, but I don't think they 
can read; all they saw was that I was running Linux and sent back a form 
letter saying they only support the OS that shipped on the machine. Duh.

--
Kent