[ltp] 'X' for RedHat 7.1 on A30 (Type 2652)

Bert Haskins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:28:19 -0500


Why beat yourself up?
RH 7.1 is obsolete uanchient by any standard
I have both a A30 and a A31 and Fedora core 3 and 4 install and
run very nicely.

john detwiler wrote:

>For reasons long and painful to tell, I've been building Linux on a virgin disk drive in my old A30.   I used RedHat 7.1, which was already on-hand (kernel 2.4.2-2), with my limited skills.
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>Still, everything seems to work,  except 'X'.
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>SYMPTOMS:
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>The LCD display flashes 10-15 times (1-sec intervals), then 
>"INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes" -- during which time I can work (text-only).
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>ATTEMPTS:
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>I've run "setup", and selected 'ati' for the video.  But I don't see a familiar monitor, and - whatever I choose - the setup "found problems" and doesn't run.
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>I can probably edit the config file, but not sure I'm up to loading drivers without assistance.
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>Is there any hope for me?
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>Thanks!
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