I had the exact same problem and posted to the list with no response. I ended up doing a lot of research and it actually has been touched on in the past. The problem appears to be with the way Dell's BIOS works. It allocates 1MB of memory to each of the i810 graphics controllers (there are two separate controllers - one for the laptop display and one for the monitor port). Apparently there's memory to allow at least 8MB but there's no way to tell the BIOS to do this and the various XFree86 drivers don't (the Windoze drivers of course do). So.... You're left with only 1MB of memory for the video buffer, which only supports 640x480 resolution in high color. I think you can get 1024x768 in some low color mode but that's not useful. Until the i810 driver guys figure out how to do this (or someone else hacks away until they do) you're stuck. I've spent some time on it but haven't gotten far. Clearly it's possible since Windoze does it, but... BTW, notice I said there are two controllers in the Inspiron. You can run them either in tandem or separately; under Windoze I run them as two separate displays (click on the second display in the properties window and check the "extend the destop to this device" box). This allows you to "spread" your desktop over the display AND monitor, which turns out to be a Really Good Thing (tm). X should be able to do it too. Mike a.bija>I bought an inspiron 2600 dell laptop.But I got some problem installing a.bija>X on it. a.bija>The grakhic card mentioned Nvidia GeForce2 but it is a intell chipset( a.bija>Maybe it is compatiblw with Nvidia).SuSe 8 said that it is a i810 and it a.bija>worked with it but just in 640 x480 :( a.bija>I tried installing nvidia driver but it could not find the device, I a.bija>think becouse the vendor signature is different(Shall I force it? how?) a.bija>Can you help me please a.bija>I am not a member of mailing list please send it to my mailbox! a.bija>really thanks! a.bija>Arash a.bija> a.bija>-- a.bija> , , a.bija> / \ a.bija>((__-^^-,-^^-__)) a.bija> `-_---' `---_-' a.bija> `--|o` 'o|--' a.bija> \ ` / a.bija> ): :( a.bija> :o_o: a.bija> "-" a.bija>A.bejan a.bija> a.bija> a.bija>_______________________________________________ a.bija> a.bija>Newbie@XFree86.Org a.bija>*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: a.bija>http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie a.bija>
