Uwe Dippel wrote: > Brice Goglin wrote: > >> About 3 years ago, you reported a bug to the Debian BTS regarding >> general problems with XFree86 on a Dell Latitude D400. >> Do you still have problems running X on this laptop? If not, I will >> close this bug in the next weeks. > > Brice, > > ît remains a pita. > I dunno exactly what was wrong then, it still doesn't do what I'd > expect it to. > Sarge, at least, still requires the installation of the 855wrap; > otherwise it will just get completely frozen with a greenish screen.
Did you have a chance to try Etch instead of Sarge? There have been lots of changes regarding the support of this hardware between XFree86/Sarge and Xorg/Etch. It would be great if you could try. What is 855wrap ? Is it the 855resolution package? > Up to you to close it, I guess, but it remains crap. I'll be waiting until you try Xorg/Etch. Brice