RE: X errors w/ new gateway BIOS

[Stephen King <Stephen@xxxxxx>]

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This is also the case with the Gateway 305x which uses the i830/i810 chipset

 

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From: xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xfree86-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Donald G. Knecht
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:06 AM
To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: X errors w/ new gateway BIOS

It doesn’t look like gateway will do anything to help us……so would some kind developer consider

Looking into a possible solution/patch?

The laptop uses the intel i830 chip and before the bios upgrade, XF86 v4.3 worked fine……….

Now with the new v36.01.00 bios, X cannot reclaim the stolen memory, I think the address’ have moved.

I can provide kernel messages from before and after the upgrade, but I only have current, i.e. post upgrade,

X logfiles……

BTW, this has happened to several gateway solo 1450 users, so we know it is related to bios upgrade.

Thank You,

Donald G. Knecht