Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: kogwy!wnoc-sfc-news!ricohwgw!ricrdc1!ohmori.ricoh!news.src.ricoh!ricohgwy.ricoh!news.iij.ad.jp!wnoc-tyo-news!news.imnet.ad.jp!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!isar.de!gaston.m.isar.de!klaus From: klaus@gaston.m.ISAR.de (Klaus Lichtenwalder) Subject: Re: XFree86 on Dell Latitude XPi Notebook?? Message-ID: Organization: Private Hosts via I.S.A.R Netzwerke Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 07:49:30 GMT References: Lines: 233 Xref: kogwy comp.windows.x.i386unix:21778 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20997 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 server abort sequence # This allows clients to receive this key event. # DontZap # Uncomment this to disable the / 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. 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