Re: Cirrus TFT Display

[Mark Kinsey <markkinsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

Thanks for the reply.  After some searches in DejaNews I found a
solution though maybe not the best.  I set the video card to 8bit
instead of 16 and it improved it immensly.  

Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 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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