On Tue, 5 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Tue, 5 May 1998, Mark N. Hattarki wrote:
>
> >
> > Has anyone installed linux on a dell laptop successfully? Has anyone
> > tried? I know dell is very pro MS (read pro-BS), and tehy do have a lot of
> > proprietary hw. So, since I may be getting one soon, I wanna know what
> > happens.
>
> Compaq's have chosen to go to the neomagik video cards .. and I must say .
> they SUCK. Do NOT buy a (newer) compaq if you plan to put linux on it. X
> will not work, not matter what is done.
>
AFAIK, all the Dell laptops use the NeoMagic video chip. NeoMagic doesn't
suck per se, but currently there is no XF86 server for this chip (and
there won't be unless Neomagic decides to release the driver code), so if
you get a Dell, you will only be able to run X in VGA mode unless you
decide to shell out $99 for Accelerated-X, which does have X server for
NeoMagic (www.xig.com).
To complain to NeoMagic, send comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - it worked for
Matrox.
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