[Xpert]The i830 video chipset on the Sony Vaio R505DL

2002-05-05 Thread Max Putas
I am about to buy a Sony Vaio R505DL (PCG-R505DL), but I have recently heard that the laptop can only run at 1024x768x8 with XFree86 due to the intel i830 chipset. Has anyone had any experience with this laptop? Is there any way get the display to 16 or 32 bit color, or is there a new driver un

[Xpert]The i830 video chipset on the Sony Vaio R505DL

2002-05-02 Thread Max Putas
I am about to buy a Sony Vaio R505DL (PCG-R505DL), but I have recently heard that the laptop can only run at 1024x768x8 with XFree86 due to the intel i830 chipset. Has anyone had any experience with this laptop? Is there any way get the display to 16 or 32 bit color, or is there a new driver un