[Grml] Feedback needed

[Rain Stormchild]

Am Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:48:30 +0100
Michael Prokop <mika at grml.org> schrieb:

[..snip..]
> 
> > >Could be please provide me the output of
> > >  hwinfo | grep -i XFree86
> 
> >     XFree86 v4 Server Module: i810
> >     XFree86 v4 Server Module: i810
> >     XkbRules: xfree86
> >     XFree86 Protocol: explorerps/2
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
> Did the i810-module ever work on your HP Compaq dc7100 [with other
> distributions e.g.]? Did you try Xorg-Xserver on your laptop with
> the i810-module already?

I haven't tried another Distro, it's a new machine at my company.
I will do so tomorrow, trying SuSE and Mandrake. 

> 
> Generally I don't want to hack around hwinfo because SuSE did a
> pretty good job on that tool. Via bootparameter/cmdline-switch it
> will be of course possible to use vesafb on grml. And if startup of
> Xserver fails you will find a note about possible problems and their
> solutions/workarounds.
> 
> regards,
> -mika-
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