On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 23:25, Christopher Thom wrote: > Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > does anyone had any problem with an intel 865 chipset on dell onboard > > videocard. We cannot configure it under red hat 9, and will download > > xfree 4.3.0. I hope this should work. > > yes, use 4.3.0 or the 4.4 release candidate. You'll need the i810 kernel > module and the i830 module if you want 3d acceleration (this can hang your > server under 4.3.0 in some cases though). > > If you're like the rest of the world and have a broken dell bios, you'll > need a programme call 855patch to diddle the bios memory and give you > usable modes. look here > http://www.chzsoft.com.ar/855patch.html
I have a Dell Optiplex SX270, with an intel 865 chipset (onboard graphic). I had no luck with the 855patch program, as it works only for the 855 chipset. At least it didn't work for my 865. What worked for me was the following: downgrade the BIOS from version A03 to A02. There is a option in the BIOS (press F2 at startup to access the BIOS settings), which specifies how much memory to reserve for graphics. This defaults to 1MB ([EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]), but can be set to 8MB. With this 8MB setting I have [EMAIL PROTECTED] running on my computer without problems. The A03 version of the BIOS also lets you set 8MB, but it obviously has a bug and always reports 1MB to the X graphics driver, even if you specify 8MB in the BIOS. You can download the older BIOS verison from the Dell web-pages. To install it, you need to boot into DOS (an old DOS floppy will do) and start the downloaded exe-file, which will install the new BIOS. Hope this helps, Best Regards, Christoph J�ger > > You do NOT need the intel drivers.... > cheers > chris > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
