[ltp] Re:

Greg Wierzchowski linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:36:00 -0500


use xf86config instead of Xconfigurator

Greg

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From: David Booss <webmaster@geeks404.com>
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: [ltp] Re:


> Xconfigurator autodetects the card. How do I bypass that (or can I...)?
And
> I've already modified my lilo.conf ;P
>
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> David Booss
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Withers [mailto:withers@vnet.net]
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 1:57 AM
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> Subject: [ltp] Re:
>
>
> Credit goes to George Staikos for this one.  Use the SVGA.  You need to
> change your console video mode.  Put the line vga=792 in your lilo.conf
> file and rerun lilo.  (It's a global line, not with any particular image
> line).  Then run Xconfigurator and select Unlisted Card, SVGA, 4MB VRAM,
> LCD 1024x768, no clockchip, probe, 24 bit 1024x768, test.  Then run X.
>
> cheers,
> Rob
>
>
> TP14xx page
> http://www.staikos.on.ca/~staikos/tp1460/
>
>
> > David Booss wrote:
> >
> > Hey, I'm having trouble configuring X with my i1560. Anyone have it
> > working? I've gotten a few different XF86Config files for the i14xx
> > series, but they haven't worked. Any help would be appreciated. One
> > problem may be that I'm using the Mach64 server, and I've heard from a
> > few places that the Rage Mobility chipset needs the XF86_SVGA server.
> > Anyways, I'm lost here, so if you have any ideas, I'd really like to
> > hear them.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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