Linrad on Dell laptops

[W6WO <ron-skelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

> I have had no luck in getting linrad running on my Dell Inspiron 
> 8000 laptop. There is no screen display at all. The chip set used is 
> the ATI Mobility M4.  which is  is *based* on the Rage Mobility 128. 
> svgalib is said to support the r128 but what Dell uses is distinctly 
> different.  The ATI's website
>
> http://www.ati.com/products/mobilitym4/features.html
> ....shows that the M4 "improves on it's predecessor, the Rage 
> Mobility 128".  Whatever "improvements" they made makes it different 
> enough that svgalib apparently does not support it.
As I bought the laptop for the express purpose of running linrad this 
is a serious blow. I will try to find an answer in the svgalib 
developer community but wanted to post this to alert others and at 
the same time to ask if any Dell -linrad users have come up with a 
solution
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73
Ron
W6WO


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