I plugged my laptop hard drive (Dell Latitude XPi P75D) into a
desktop to install QRTP onto the drive. That computer had some
junky Arklogic PV1000 PCI video card. QRTP would only allow
640x480 16 color. I then put the drive in the laptop, which
apparently has no PCI at all, at least not that QRTP can find
at boot. I have no idea what sort of bus the Cirrus Logic video
chip in it is on. The 3Com NIC (509B ISA) and Adaptec SCSI in
the Advanced Port Replicator are both on the supported list but
I haven’t checked on if they work or not with QRTP.
Isn’t QRTP supposed to have its own VESA 2.0 driver if the
video BIOS isn’t VESA 2.0 or better? Can I get 640x480 16bit
color on my laptop like I can in Windows?
Next problem is when the thing goes to sleep or suspend, it
won’t wake up.
Wishlist! #1. A Cirrus Logic GD54xx video driver that supports up to
24bit color. (The GD54xx chips are everywhere!) #2. Eiger Labs / Fujitsu PC Card audio driver. (ESS 1868) #3. Motorola / Dell Montana 33.6 PC Card modem driver. (Unknown
chipset.)
Isn’t QRTP supposed to have its own VESA 2.0 driver if the
video BIOS isn’t VESA 2.0 or better? Can I get 640x480 16bit
color on my laptop like I can in Windows?
Not at all. There is a VESA 2.0 driver that will work if your
hardware vendor cared enough about your satisfaction for the
money you paid them to provide the VESA 2.0 support in the first
place.
We met them halfway and they didn’t show up.
The next patch will have an SVGA driver that should give you
better resolutions, assuming they haven’t botched the BIOS
on that either.
#1. A Cirrus Logic GD54xx video driver that supports up to
24bit color. (The GD54xx chips are everywhere!)
They are not everywhere, and what you obviously meant is a
driver that supports your Cirrus Logic chip in 24 bit color.
You can’t even tell me which chip it is without sticking an
`xx’ at the end.
Don’t worry though. If these chips are as popular as you think,
no doubt someone will take our driver development kit and write
a driver for them in no time.
