I appreciate your comments. The things is XFree86 4.4 should include Intel 845G patches. The site you are referecing were offering solutions before XFree86 4.4. Could it be 4.4 bug? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lieven Buts" <lieven.buts@xxxxxxxxx> To: <xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "andrei" <andrei@xxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 12:46 AM Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 1100 video problems > On Friday 19 March 2004 01:44, andrei wrote: > > Hardware: Dell 1100 laptop, 256 Mb memory, A23 BIOS, Intel 845G videocard > > Operating system: RedHat 9 > > > > 1. I loaded XFree8 4.4, but still having video problems. X-windows does > > work 1024x768x8, but refuses to work 1024x768x24 > > This page helped me with my Dell Inspiron 1100 (i845GL video): > http://nbpfaus.net/~pfau/inspiron.html > specifically the link to > http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html > > > 2. I had small screen during start-up of the system and modified > > /boot/grub/grub.conf to add "vga=773" at the "kernel" line. > > Now after exiting from X-windows, fonts become extremely fuzzy > > (were normal before starting X-windows), so I can barely read > > commands. Fonts were OK before adding "vga=773" comment > > Don't know about this. Could be a VGA or framebuffer issue. > > -- > Lieven Buts > Department of Ultrastructure > Vrije Universiteit Brussel > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
