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Re: Linux graphics

• Posted by M King <boot_me at GEOCITIES.COM> Feb 22, 2000
• 647 views

Maybe this will help, or maybe not...
     But more info is usually better...
here is an article on a new gui for Linux called Eazel

http://www.maximumpc.com/content/2000/02/19/10819

Don't think its out yet.  My understanding is that there is a whole new
xwindows version, that is supposed to be much more friendly and high
performance.



>>        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