Concerns about the i915 driver

Kasper Grubbe kawsper at gmail.com
Thu Jun 9 12:59:56 PDT 2005


> > Cool, good to know that the hardware that i am going to buy is supported.
> 
> You should check out that the Notebook you are going to buy has VBE
> modes for all resolutions you are going to use internally (notebook
> display) and externally (on a separate screen).
> 
> Else you would need to use "kludges" like 855resolution or 915resolution.

My notebook is going to run in 1024x768 on a XGA+ screen (I really
dont know why they are calling it XGA+ when the one that builds the
notebooks says it is the same as XGA), i will try to ask him about it,
are there anything else i have to know?

Thanks,
Kasper Grubbe.



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