Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 11:28:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 11:28:02 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-195-162-81.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.195.162.81]:57610 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 2 Nov 2000 11:27:52 -0500 Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 08:27:21 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Narancs 1 cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: so vesafb doesn't work in i815 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Wait is this like the i810e? On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Narancs 1 wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > It seems that the i815 is not vesa compliant? > > > Cheap! > > > > The i810 hardware only has limited support for old style linear video modes > > so that is quite possible. > > > > Wow! So then I just cannot use this motherboard at all! > xfree 3.3.6 , also with the driver that can be downloaded from intel - I > could run it only at 320x200x4. > xfree 4.0.1d supports it, but the screen flicker so hard, that is is > unusable. > Now there is no fb support for it. If they sell a vga card that is not > vesa compliant, they are crazy. > > I am angry with intel! > And my bosses, who decided to buy 1500 pcs of this IBM Netvista :-((( > > Anyway, I'll have to buy a vga card on my own, if I want to use linux. > > 2.4.0-test10 seems to be really fine and stable to me! > Thx for your great work guys! > > 10x4all > Narancs v1 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Andre Hedrick CTO Timpanogas Research Group EVP Linux Development, TRG Linux ATA Development - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/