HP Omnibook XE2 Display

["Wayne Kan" <wykan hotmail com>]

I recently approach HP Technical support for the specs on the screen refresh 
rates and the clock rates of the video adapter for the HP notebook PC.  They 
told me that there is no such info on the notebook display (unlike desktop 
PC)
:-(

attached below are their reply .  SiliconMotion does not provide support to 
end-users and re-direct us to the manufacturer (ie. HP).  As I am not a guru 
in this area, is it true that on the notebook LCD display (unlike desktop 
PC), there is no need to know the vert and horz refresh rates to configure 
the XF86Config? Is it true that notebook vendors do not provide info on the 
LCD refresh rates and their supported clockrates of their video chipset?

Other than using a sledgehammer on the HP Omnibook, how could I configure it 
to display 1024x768x256colors on my HP Omnibook XE2.  So far I was only able 
to configure it to run 320x200x16; and could not even configure it to do 
panning on virtual window even with a 4MB Video RAM.  With the 320x200 
resolution, it is almost impossible for me to navigate on the X-Window.  
Attached "svgaerr.txt" file is the error message I get while running xinit 
or startx.

Thanks

Wayne
email: waynek cwasia net sg

The following is my hardware config:
HP Omnibook XE2 Model F1775W DD (Notebook)
Display: 14.1" XGA TFT LCD
Video Adapter: Silicon Motion (SMI) LynxEM SM710, VideoRAM 4MB 
(www.siliconmotion.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: "mcdtech" <mcdtech cscx2 lvld hp com>
To: <wykan hotmail com>
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: mcd omnibook (KMM127937C0KM)


Wayne,

Once again the refresh values you are looking for are not available because 
the
OS we do support do not need these values.  If you wish to contact Silicon
Motion on your own, you are more than welcome to...but we cannot be 
involved.
Again, we do not support LINUX.

Aaron

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that technical information changes as new data becomes available, therefore, 
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Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of this
information.

Wayne,

As mentioned in our previous message to you, we do not support the XE2 on a
Linux supported OS.  The XE2 uses a SMI Lynx EM4 Graphic Controller.  For 
more
information on the specs of the XE2, please visite the following website:
   http://www.hp.com/omnibook/products/xe2/index.htm

Video chipsets that you are used to in the desktop world do not exist on
notebooks.  Typically notebooks have a one chip integrated solution for 
video,
so it is not separate chips like you are used to on the desktop.

Once again the refresh values you are looking for are not available because 
the
OS we do support do not need these values.

Best Regards,
Aaron Laaveg
Hewlett Packard Technical Support


Original message follows:
-------------------------


S1: Hardware Details:
================
HP Omnibook XE2
Model F1775W DD
LCD: 14.1" XGA TFT
Video adapter: Silicon Motion LynxE

Requesting Info
===============
As I am doing some development work on my HP Omnibook XE2, I have some
difficulty configuring the display parameter.  I am lacking some detail 
specs of
the LCD display and the video adapter esp. the refresh rate.

I would appreciate if you could provide me with a detail specs of the XGA 
TFT
LCD display and the video chipset as follows:

1. Table of horizontal and vertical refresh rate (Hz) of the LCD display and 
the
video adapter.

2. Support contact from Silicon Motion.

3. How could I configure the Xconfig file of the Linux (Redhat) for it to
display 1024x768 at least 256colors.

Thanks
Wayne
Email: wykan hotmail com


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XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: August 23 1999
	If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
	than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
	problems.  (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-22smp i686 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
 SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
     NV1, STG2000, RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, RIVA ULTRA TNT2,
     RIVA VANTA, RIVA ULTRA VANTA, RIVA INTEGRATED, ET4000, ET4000W32,
     ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b, ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p,
     ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b, ET4000W32p_rev_c,
     ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10,
     wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati, sis86c201, sis86c202,
     sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597, sis5598, sis6326, sis530,
     sis620, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl,
     tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr, tgui9400cxi,
     tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi, cyber9320, tgui9660,
     tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382, cyber9385, cyber9388,
     cyber9397, cyber9520, cyber9525, 3dimage975, 3dimage985, cyber9397dvd,
     blade3d, cyberblade, clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428,
     clgd5429, clgd5430, clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462,
     clgd5464, clgd5465, clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541,
     clgd7542, clgd7543, clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e,
     cpq_avga, mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200,
     mgag100, mgag400, oti067, oti077, oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228,
     ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401, cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440,
     video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv, ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek,
     s3_savage, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D, s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090,
     NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520, ct65525, ct65530, ct65535,
     ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548, ct65550, ct65554, ct65555,
     ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300, mediagx, V1000, V2100, V2200,
     p9100, spc8110, i740, i740_pci, Voodoo Banshee, Voodoo3, generic
(using VT number 7)

XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
(**) XKB: types: "default"
(**) XKB: compat: "default"
(**) XKB: symbols: "en_US(pc102)+gb"
(**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
(**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, buttons: 3
(**) Mouse: 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms)
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor"
(**) FontPath set to 
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(--) SVGA: PCI: Unknown vendor (0x126f) Unknown chipset (0x0710) rev 163, 
Memory @ 0xfd000000
(--) SVGA: chipset:  generic
(**) SVGA: videoram: 4096k
(**) SVGA: clocks:  25.20  28.30  60.00  72.00

(**) SVGA: 24bpp not supported for this chipset

*** A configured device found, but display modes could not be resolved.***


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