[ltp] T21 Savage driver issues (Was: T21 -- RH 7.1 no MPEGs

Markus Alt linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 09 May 2001 09:14:39 +0200


Markus Alt wrote:
> 
> "D. Sen" wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > I use vga=0x33b (1400x1050x8bits). Switching between VTs and X has been
> > working since I switched BIOSes. I can also get out of X and back to a
> VT.
> > With or without an external monitor.
> 
> Tried it, but LILO didn't take the hex value. After converting it to
> decimal, i.e. 827, it worked (with LCD), although 1400x1050 on the
> console is a bit too much for me ... ;-) But of course this could be the
> reason for the problems I had: I've never used 1400x1050 (the same
> resolution as for X); always tried 1280x1024 or 1024x768.
> 
> Can't check it now with the external display, but I will give it a try
> tomorrow in the office. I'll let you know how it goes. For the moment
> thanks a lot for the hint!

Nope, doesn't do what it should! :-( Same behaviour as before: After the
first switch from CRT to LCD and back while in a VC, the latter is split
into two pieces, both showing the same contents. Don't know what I'm
still doing wrong here ... External monitor is an IBM P260, BTW.

Markus

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