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  • Subject: Re: [BL] BL35 plus Opera 854 problem
  • Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 06:04:58 +0000 (UTC)

The Xvesa screen is about two thirds the
area of the whole screen.

That is normal on laptops. It means you are
using a resolution smaller than the maximum
resolution of the screen. What are you on
currently? 640x480 is the default for Xvesa.
I suggest you up it to 800x600. If you are
already on 800x600, I suggest you try 1024x760

Cheers,
Steven

http://technoculture.mira.net.au/warrior/9_m.htm review.

166MHz 16MB onboard RAM, can add 16, 32 or 64MB 60ns SO DIMM, EDO
CT65554, 2MB RAM SB16 compatible sound (ESS1688 Audiodrive)
33K integrated USR Sportster winmodem
3com 10 PCMCIA ethernet
2.1 or 3.2GB drive
1997 $6000 $7,600

233MHz and 266MHz $8,750 and $9,600. Came with 32MB RAM.
CT65554, 4MB RAM - does 1024x768 24-bit
4GB drive
integrated Xircom 10/100 ethernet/33 or 56K modem

Same 14.1" XGA TFT screen - the 2MB model might do 1024x768.

Try the Xchips tiny X server to save 2MB memory, unless you have the maximum 96MB. You probably still need XF86Config. Just symlink X to the other server (ln -sf Xchips X).

The 'linux on the hinote' site provides XF86Config info for 233 and 266MHz Hinote with 4MB video RAM, which does 1024x768 on the LCD monitor or 1280x1024 on external monitor. Our three 233 and 266MHz Compaqs and Toshiba, 2MB video RAM, 13" LCD, do 800x600. Hinote was a luxury model.

You cannot use 1024x768 at 65MHz with 16 bpp because it requires 130 MByte/sec and the chip does only 106 MByte/sec. But you can use 1024x768 at lower refresh rate.

Any HorizSync VertRefresh range that includes the frequency you are using will work, including Steven's defaults.
I experimented by shrinking the range until it stopped working.

If you only plan to use 1024, try
HorizSync 34.2 (or 34-35 if that does not work)
VertRefresh 42.4 (or 42-43)
Maybe it will load X faster if it does not need to check a range?

To get 1024x768, add to Steven's config (which works only up to 800x600)

#1024x768 @ 42.4 Hz, 34.2 kHz hsync for 24-bit display
Modeline "1024x768" 46 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806

You can replace the "Display" subsection as follows if you
want a choice of color depths, or just edit Steven's config by
changing Depth to 24 and adding "1024x768" to Modes at the beginning.

They suggest:
DefaultColorDepth 24
(I think you get this anyway if it is first)

Their config uses:

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768

Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768

Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 1024 768
EndSubsection






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