<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > I am running the new dell latitude c400, which uses an i830M > chipset for graphics support. So far I have compiled and > installed the latest 2.4.17 kernel, and downloaded the most > recent cvs development tree for xfree86. [..] > I also have vesafb compiled into the kernel, and I have it > loading the console at 1024x768x8bpp at boot time, which works > fine. Any attempts to run the vesafb at resolutions higher then > 1024x768x8bpp, such as lets say.. 1024x768x24bpp, are met with > "invalid mode" as soon as the kernel attempts load. I am assuming > this is because the kernel is detecting only 1024k~ or less video memory.
I have exactly the same problem. > Notice the Bad V_BIOS checksum, and "1024k stolen memory" in the > output below. Does this have any influence on the problem? My current theory is that this is what causes the problem (as I have posted a couple of days ago on this mailing list). If this is so, it may actually be a problem that has to be resolved during boot time and not when X is started, but I don't know for sure. You may want to have a look at http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~chak/linux/c400.html Manuel _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
