OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux graphics

• Posted by Jeff Zeitlin <jzeitlin at CYBURBAN.COM> Feb 22, 2000
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:03:28 -0500, Steve Mosher
<farq at KILN.ISN.NET> wrote:

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>        You'll notice that the biggest problem with Linux and laptops is
>getting the video to work out.

Yes, I'd gotten about that far.  It looks like it _almost_ wants
to work, but at a really wild-assed guess, I'd say that it's
trying to interlace a non-interlaced display or vice-versa, and
at the wrong resolution to boot.

>                                         Actually, try monkey linux or
>similar umsdos-based distro where you boot dos first and see if the
>problem still exists.

Had it on DragonLinux and on LoopLinux.  Loop isn't a
UMSDOS-based linux, but it's also not a must-boot-on-
bare-hardware distro either - it's a reboot-to-MSDOS-mode distro.
Dragon is a UMSDOS distro.  No difference in the symptoms of the
problems - which leads me to believe that there's a
driver-related problem somewhere, and you can't treat a laptop
based simply on chipset.  That's why I wanted pointers so I could
look for more information - I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty,
but I want to start out with at least an idea of what I'm getting
covered with grease _from_.

--
Jeff Zeitlin
jzeitlin at cyburban.com