Quoting Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just found: > http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=20373 > > Apparently a recent BIOS upgrade broke the laptop's X support. I never > got to try the "good" BIOS mentioned (A21 and A06), since I just bought > it. > > "Unfortunately, because of the nature of the upgrade from A06 to A22, it > is not possible downgrade. This is normal, and is not a glitch. The > heart of the issue is that the A22 revision is a totally different > format of BIOS than the previous version. So A22 was specially designed > to make that change in the old BIOS and it is not currently a reversible > process." -- Dell Support, > http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=20495 > > *sigh* > -- > Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
Sadly, I upgraded to the A22 BIOS just a couple of hours ago, and am now unable to start XFree86. Is there any way I can get X up and running, eg with the VESA driver? I _desperately_ need to get it working, as I have an exam tomorrow, and my notes are all in .sxw format! Regards Damien -- Damien Solley [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: www-mail.usyd.edu.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
