Re: so vesafb doesn't work in i815

From: Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Date: Thu Nov 02 2000 - 11:27:21 EST


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
>
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Andre Hedrick
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EVP Linux Development, TRG
Linux ATA Development

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