[ltp] A20p and X11 Problem
Carsten Heyl
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:28:08 +0200
Dear Linux Thinkpad users,
since 10/2001 I'm proud owner of a Thinkpad A20p.
The BIOS of the machine is 1.0.5 (latest AFAIK).
It's running the 1400/1050 Display and it's really great but one
annoyance of X11 is still
with me from the beginning.
I need help from anyone running the combination A20p/XFree 4.0.2 without
problems.
A copy of the boot parameters plus /etc/XF86Config would be great!
I started with SuSE 6.4 and added standard XFree 4.01/KDE 1 and now I'm
using SuSE 7.1/XFree 4.02 (SuSE-Distribution)
and KDE 2. Using KDE1 the problem happended seldom. Using KDE2 it's
happening more often.
I'm an experienced linux user and used an HP notebook before.
The Problem:
From time to time the mouse pointer seems to "forget" in which
context it is.
The shape of the pointer does not change properly and and the
expected function does
not work either.
Example:
It's not possible to change focus per click (I am using
"click to focus").
The Text-Cursor does not change when moving to the
desktop or to a menu
and the menu is not selectable.
When changing focus by Alt-Tab that does work in most cases but
sometimes
the X-Server freezes (Mouse moves possible but no actions and the
Alt-Tab menu is on top.)
Since others are using the combination A20p/XFree 4.0.2 without major
problems on this
list and changing the software does not help either I only can think of
two reasons:
- a systematic error in my configuration
- a BIOS problem
- a hardware problem
On another system I would try playing with BIOS setting for the video
adapter
but the A20p has not much settings for this.
Following some sources on the internet my current configuration is:
- Display 1400/1050
- Memory: 256 MB
- BIOS 1.05
- XFree 4.0.2 from SuSE 7.1
- Kernel Linux version 2.4.0-4GB (root@Pentium.suse.de) (gcc version
2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Mon Jan 22 16:42:16 GMT 2001
/etc/lilo.conf:
append="vga=835"
boot=/dev/hda
vga=normal
menu-scheme=Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
read-only
prompt
timeout=100
# End LILO global Section
#
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda5
label = linux
vga = 835
#
image = /boot/memtest.bin
label = memtest86
optional
#
Boot message: (so IMHO the config reaches the kernel)
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro root=305
BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz vga=835
BIOS Vendor: IBM
BIOS Version: IVET62WW (1.05a)
BIOS Release: 12/21/1999
System Vendor: IBM.
Product Name: 26296TG.
Version Not Available.
Serial Number *******
Board Vendor: IBM.
Board Name: 26296TG.
Board Version: Not Available.
Asset Tag: No Asset Information.
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14)
Starting kswapd v1.8
vesafb: framebuffer at 0xf8000000, mapped to 0xd0800000, size 16384k
vesafb: mode is 1400x1050x24, linelength=4200, pages=2
vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:60aa
vesafb: scrolling: redraw
vesafb: directcolor: size=0:8:8:8, shift=0:16:8:0
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 175x65
fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
/etc/XF86Config:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USBMice" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "xie"
Load "pex5"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
# Swiss German keyboard support
# Option "XkbKeymap" "xfree86(de_CH)"
Option "XkbKeymap" "xfree86(de)"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USBMice"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30-100
VertRefresh 50-100
ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064
1090 -HSync -VSync
ModeLine "320x240" 15.750 320 336 384 400 240 244 246 262
Doublescan
ModeLine "352x240" 15.750 352 368 416 432 240 244 246 262
Doublescan
ModeLine "352x280" 15.750 352 368 416 432 280 288 286 302
Doublescan
ModeLine "352x288" 15.750 352 368 416 432 288 296 290 310
Doublescan
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "SWcursor"
#Option "HWcursor"
#Option "Dac6Bit"
#Option "Dac8Bit"
#Option "ForcePCIMode"
#Option "CCEPIOMode"
#Option "CCENoSecurity"
#Option "CCEusecTimeout"
#Option "AGPMode"
#Option "AGPSize"
#Option "RingSize"
#Option "VBListSize"
#Option "VBSize"
#Option "UseCCEfor2D"
#Option "EnableFP"
#Option "CRTOnly"
#Option "UseFBDev"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "r128"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480" "320x240" "352x240" "352x280" "352x288"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
EndSection
Anyone any ideas?
Many thanks in advance!
Ciao,
Carsten Heyl
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