Hey, Guys! This might be a dumb or old question, but I have a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop with the i830MG Intel video card. The BIOS is hardcoded, so you can't increase the video memory for X Windows in Linux, so it only runs 640x480 unless you use a different X windows type program (buying one from xig.com, called the Summitt driver). I saw these posts, and I'm afraid I know VERY LITTLE about Linux, but have they released a newer version for XFree86 that addresses this issue? Any help would be great. I researched before I bought and both Intel and Dell said this issue was fixed, they neglected to mention that the video BIOS, while Windows OS can use all the memory, Linux will only run on 640x480. Thanks in advance!! Rye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Deucher" <agd5f@yahoo.com> To: <xfree86-list@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: Re: RPMS from XFree CVS? > if you want to build your own kernel, you can download daily xfree CVS > snapshot rpm's here: > > http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/local/RPMS/i386/ > > I've used them in the past and had no trouble. > > Alex > > --- Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu> wrote: > > Because of the improved i830 support in XFree CVS, I really need to > > install it on a few Red Hat (7.3) machines. I see there's an option > > in the specfile for building from a CVS snapshots; has anyone tried > > it? My current plan is to just keep doing rpmbuild -bp and comment > > out patches that don't apply until I get something that will compile > > but I expect that to take quite a while. > > > > I understand the kernel version dependencies involved (need > > 2.4.19-ish > > AGP at least) and have that going. I also know I'll need to patch in > > the updated DRI module. Finally, I want to make it clear that I'm > > not > > asking for any kind of official Red Hat support here; I was just > > hoping that someone could share their experiences and hopefully save > > me a bit of time. > > > > - J< > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > xfree86-list mailing list > xfree86-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list > IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com > _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
