Dell Inspiron 1100 and FreeBSD

[David Gilbert]

>>>>> "pirat" == pirat  <pirat at access.inet.co.th> writes:

>> onboard > > NIC is supported in stable, but I had some problems
>> starting X: the > > BIOS wasn't completely mapped, and I had to
>> compile it in to the > > server.  See
>> http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-jul2003.html#25 for more > >
>> details.

That won't help much with the 1100's X.  It's got an intel chipset for
it's video ... and frustratingly, the BIOS only allocates 842k of
video memory.  I have a chunk of linux code that fixes this, but I
havn't gotten this going in FreeBSD yet.

Basically X will run in 1024x768x8bit mode ... which is sub-optimal.
It was a pain before to run in 8 bit, but now it's horrid (as few, if
any, applications are in the least bit 8bit aware).

... Now if you have the old (Phoenix ?) BIOS "A06" ... aparently
you're good to go.  There's a BIOS option for more RAM... but the new
"Dell" BIOS (A20 and newer) have no option for this.

Sux.  I'd even settle for A06 ... but I can't find a copy of it.

Dave.

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