Re: weird i830 startup problem

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Tomas Davidek wrote:
> Hello,
>   this is the famous i810 problem. I think there is a bug in the driver,
> so you have two options:
> * use 855wrapper program written down by Christian Zietz. It's a script
> that must be run prior to start any X. Look at
>             http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html

This complained I didn't have the 855 chipset..

> * go to XFree86-4.4.0 (even 4.3.0 still has this problem)
> The latter solution is better if you want to use other features on the
> laptop (like swsusp2 etc).

I found a 4.4.0 package built for woody, but it only starts up in 1bit
color mode.  :(

I came across this, though:
 http://www.jongans.com/gateway1450.html
and the i830-16bit.C hack on that page works like a charm!

Thanks for the help!
sage


> P.S: What resolution does your screen have ?

1024x768

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