Steve Shockley wrote:
It just so happens I got one to toy with here for a little bit. I threw
on the last 3.9-beta snapshot (Generic #617), I'll get a dmesg off of it
this weekend. Didn't recognize wireless, I think it was some kind of
Broadcom. Saw Ethernet as bge. I was able to start X but it came up in
640x480, I ran xorgconfig and reset the resolution for 1920x1440, and
the video came up with borders on the left and right of the screen. I
rebooted, and video was back to 640x480. I've been spoiled by OpenBSD
"just working" on laptops recently, so I'll have to give myself a
refresher on X configs to figure it out.
I had the same problem with the borders because I
couldn't set the resolution higher than 1600x1200
(my maximum screen resolution is 1920x1200...)
After looking at the laptop page on OpenBSD,
someone who had a similar laptop with resolution
issues put the following Modeline in their xorg.conf:
Modeline "1920x1200" 162 1920 1984 2176 2480 1200
1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
Using this and editing my org.conf to setup
1920x1200, it just works. I don't know if this is
the correct setting, but the borders are gone, so
I am happy with this. I have no idea what that
line means, other than the "1920x1200" portion,
but it works, so I don't like to question it...
After reading the FAQ
(http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq11.html), it sounds
like a pain in the ass to get the configuration
just right.
The FAQ gives a couple of suggestions on how to
fix your resolution, you might want to check them out.
As for the wireless, I went big. I got the
integrated bluetooth/wireless Intel 2200ABG. With
the iwi-firmware drivers, it works like a champ.
Better even than those "supported" ath cards that
are supposed to work. If wireless is the way you
want to go, you may want to have an "accident"
happen to the wireless and then call Dell and see
if you can't get an Intel replacement...
Bryan
