subnotebooks, once again

Markus Hoenicka markus.hoenicka at mhoenicka.de
Fri Oct 29 07:18:07 UTC 2010


Uffe Jakobsen <uffe at uffe.org> was heard to say:

> I've got FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE running on a Acer Aspire 1410 (11.6")  
> netbook. I'm using WindowMaker as WM - and it runs fine in in its  
> native LCD resolution (1366 x 768) - haven't ever used/tried the  
> external display adapter.
>
> According to the specs from Acer it contains the chipset you mention  
> - please check this link:
>
> http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/notebook/2009/acer/aspire/Aspire1410-11.6/Aspire1410sp9.shtml
>

Yes, this is the same graphics chip that most models which I'm  
currently evaluating also use.

> Is there anything that I should try out for you ?
>

Just make sure you're not using the vesa driver :-) Does your  
xorg.conf contain any tweaks for the intel driver, or does it work  
right out of the box?

Thanks
Markus


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