Mandrake 6.0 XServer setup problem.

[Bruce Cowan]

Grant,

I'm the guy using Mandrake 6.0 on my 770X with 13.7 screen. Right now
I'm running in NT so I can't look over at the Mandrake installation but
it does work and well. I put an option "accel" statement into my X
conf.. to make it go accelerated and it does - at least it is way
faster than the total slug it was before.

Now, I don't remember what on earth I did. I just installed the darn
thing and everything worked once I replaced the X conf.. with a
sensible one which I cobbled together from a bunch from several
places.

I don't start up in X, I use text mode login and then "startx", but
that is just personal preference. 

Bruce

Here is more or less my XF86Conf.. file (not exactly since the real
one is on my Linux partition and I can't read that from NT :-( ):

Section "Files"
   RgbPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
   FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
   ModulePath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
   Protocol        "Standard"
   AutoRepeat      500 5
   LeftAlt         Meta
   RightAlt        Meta
   ScrollLock      Compose
   RightCtl        Control
   XkbKeycodes     "xfree86"
   XkbTypes        "default"
   XkbCompat       "default"
   XkbSymbols      "us(pc101)"
   XkbGeometry     "pc"
   XkbRules        "xfree86"
   XkbModel        "pc101"
   XkbLayout       "us"
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
  Protocol		"PS/2"
  Device		"/dev/psaux"
  SampleRate		60
  BaudRate		1200
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "LCD"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    ModelName   "770X"
    HorizSync   31.5 - 82.0
    VertRefresh 50-90
    Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064 -hsync
-vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Generic SVGA"
    VendorName "ibm"
    BoardName  "770x"
    Chipset    "cyber9397"
    VideoRam   8192
    Option    "lcd_center"
    Option    "accel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver     "svga"
    Device     "Generic SVGA"
    Monitor    "LCD"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Lotter [mailto:lotter@math.lsa.umich.edu]
Sent: Saturday, 03 July 1999 10:46
To: linux-thinkpad@bm-soft.com
Subject: Mandrake 6.0 XServer setup problem.


Does anyone have a fairly detailed selection list for getting X to run
(even unaccelerated would do for a start!) on a 770X/Z (13.7 Screen) using
the standard Mandrake 6.0 installation package [apparently an almost
direct clone of the RH 6.0 installation package].

 While I know that the standard RH 6.0 Trident Cyber 9397 selection will
not get X going, there was a message a few days claiming success (even
accelerated!) with a standard Mandrake 6.0 installation. There are two
9397 choices and neither seems to work (though it might be my subsequent
choices are screwing things up!).

 Things are complicated slightly by my not having a working net connection
on the 770 (I would otherwise just get RH and use Bill Mair's mods) -- I
really would like to be able to use the Mandrake 6.0 cd to install a
functional XServer. As it stands every attempt has ended with linux being
unable to even boot. 

  Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! 
  	 gl