Subject: Re: help needed on xf86cfg on dell laptop on 1.6.2 i386: more info
To: John Refling <refling@stanfordalumni.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/29/2004 23:46:34
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 02:47:44AM -0800, John Refling wrote:
> 
> To confirm what I thought I had done earlier:
> 
> I took the 1.6.2 kernel and replaced it with a current-20040103 kernel (16ZG)
> and (kept the 1.6.2 userland) ran xf86cfg (4.3.0) and it sees
> the entire screen immediately!
> 
> The xf86cfg (4.4.0) sees the reduced size screen.
> 
> So, at least with 4.3.0, whether or not xf86cfg works correctly for me
> depends on something in the two different kernels.  These are both GENERIC.
> 
> Any thoughts?

maybe AGP ?

> 
> Is 1.6ZG from 20040103 newer than 1.6.2 from March 2004?

Yes. 1.6ZG is current, is has features that will not be pulled up to the
relase branch (1.6.x). 1.6ZG is closed from 2.0 than from 1.6.2

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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