[LI] Laptop Graphic card driver

[Raj Mathur <raju@xxxxxxx>]

I'm using Linux happily on my Dell Latitude CPi 300D with a Neomagic
card.  The X server shipped with RH 6.0 (on Chip) recognised and
configured the card out of the box.

I'd recommend using it only at 1024x768 resolution, preferably 16-bit
or, failing that, 8bit.  The reason is that 1024x768 is the native
resolution of the Latitude screen, and if you use a lower resolution
it approximates the graphics and that looks terrible.

My only crib with Linux on the Dell is that suspend/resume crashes the 
box 3 times out of 5.  Well, I can always poweroff and on, I guess,
but it's still a compromise.

Let me know if you have any other issues: I have the sound working
(with ALSA drivers) and a kewl Penguin at bootup :-)

- -- Raju

>>>>> "Vinay" == Vinay BV <vinay.bv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    Vinay> Hi all, I have to configure a laptop such that we can have
    Vinay> linux entirely on it.  We wish to use an external monitor
    Vinay> for it. The laptop is a dell laptop with a neo magic
    Vinay> graphic card. The SVGA driver of XFree86 is supposed to
    Vinay> support this. (according to the Xfree86.org site) But we
    Vinay> are getting differently sized icons, taskbars, mouse
    Vinay> pointers etc., xvidtune did not help much. A similar thing
    Vinay> had happened with an sis card and I set it right by getting
    Vinay> a ready made driver from suse.de. Can any of you tell me
    Vinay> where I can find a proper driver for a neo magic card or is
    Vinay> there any option that I need to change to make it work
    Vinay> properly?  Thanks in advance, Bye, Vinay
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