Re: Cirrus TFT Display

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have been trying to get SuSE 6.4 to work in X Windows on a Micron
> Transport Xpe laptop using a Cirrus GD-7555 video controller.  It does
> come up but the display is extremely washed out and almost impossible to
> use.  I have found some info about problems with the Cirrus chips and
> have tried almost everything.  There was one suggestion to try the
> option "use vclk1" but did not explain where (or how) to use this
> option.  Has anyone had success with this display or chip or know how
> this options is to be used.  I REALLY don't want to have to load windoze
> on this machine in order to use it.

Those options go in the "XF86Config" file (usually in /etc or /etc/X11).
Make sure you get the line in the correct section, and restart X.
See the man page for XF86Config for more details.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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