Re: Cirrus TFT Display

[Tim Gray <tgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Mark,

I had trouble with a Cirrus 7548 on a Compaq Laptop.  Tried Debian,
Slakware, then Mandrake (7.2).  Mandrake fired it up right away.  I'm
not 100% happy with how Mandrake comes "out of the box" but now that
the hardware has been working I'm been chipping away at it to get it
the way I want it.

Suggestion:  Try Mandrake 7.2 on that box, see if it's happy with X
then.  If you're really attached to SuSe, make a note of (and/or copy
the config files and make sure you're using the same versions of X and
drivers and try those config files on a SuSe install.

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 Tim   
 IT Technician
 ADAC Plastics, Inc.

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Friday, November 10, 2000, 2:01:51 PM, you wrote:

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

MK> Thanks in advance,
MK> Mark