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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] xorg: Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios)/ Bad V_BIOS
From:       Mark Knecht <mknecht () controlnet ! com>
Date:       2004-07-16 22:38:12
Message-ID: 40F858D4.6090202 () controlnet ! com
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Bill Roberts wrote:
> Peter
> 
> I implemented your suggestions and:
> 
> grep WW /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> 	(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> 	(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
> 	(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 not supported.
> 	(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f28 not supported.
> 	(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f61 not supported.
> 	(WW) I810(0): Option "UseEdidFreqs" is not used
> 	(WW) I810(0): Option "IgnoreEdid" is not used
> 
> Enabling APM(Advanced Power Management) BIOS support did get rid of
> the /dev/apm_bios error.  That's progress!
> 
> The two Options you suggested don't seem to work with I810.
> 
> And of course there's the Bad V_Bios checksum which just hangs on.
> 
> Thanks for the help.  Any other suggestions?  I haven't found much in
> the way of M to RTF. Any suggestions on good docs??
> 
> Bill

Seems like a sort of obvious question, but if there are functions not 
implemented in BIOS (or extended BIOS) then is there posibly a BIOS 
update available for this machine? (Or possibly for the graphic adapter 
is 'V_BIOS' is video BIOS?)

Remember, I know nothing.

Cheers,
Mark

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