[ltp] 1024 x 768 resolution on thinkpad 600

[Stan Weddington]

Hello list,

I recently purchased a thinkpad 600 off of eBay with known problems.  There 
were just 2 things apparently wrong - (1) the CMOS battery needed to be 
replaced, and (2) the LCD display (or the backlight inverter) is going out.

The display, besides fading in & out with a mostly pink tints, showed the 
console screen within a much smaller box than the dimensions of the display, 
though MS Windows booted in graphical 1024 x 768 graphical mode just fine, 
taking up the entire viewing area.

I put the thinkpad in a docking station, and loaded Debian Sarge with KDE 
desktop on it.  Everything went fine except the max screen resolution that 
KDE will show me is 800 x 600, even though XF86Config-4 is as follows:

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
        Driver          "neomagic"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        HorizSync       28-50
        VertRefresh     43-75
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Generic Video Card"
        Monitor         "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


I had a thinkpad 600e before, loaded with Woody and Sarge testing, both ran in 
1024 x 768 video mode just fine, switchable through KDE.

Any advise on how to get 1024 x 768 video mode working on this machine would 
be greatly appreciated... TIA

Stan