[ltp] T21 Video problems

[D. Sen]

I am experiencing the same kind of problems that you describe. I am not
aware of any options in the XF86Config-4 file that fixes the problems.
Having said that, I have to say that I dont find the problems to hinder the
kind of work that I do.

- I dont usually need to get into a text console, once I am using X.
- It would be nice to play video/DVDs .....I expect this will be fixed
soon.

My most serious concern is not being able to have the LCD panel *AND* an
external monitor on at the same time. I need this during presentations....

DS

Friedemann Baitinger wrote:

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> I have just switched from my old TP-770X to a new T21 a few weeks ago. I
> have copied over my RedHat 7.0 installation and manually updated to
> XFree86-4.0.2. So far I have not been too lucky with the savage dirvers
> for this machine. The pre 1.1.14 drivers had the problem that when I
> switched the display resolution the upper part of the display image had
> all kinds of color distortions. Assuming I would never change the
> resolution this driver was ok which means I could always switch into VT
> consoles and even terminate X and go back to normal console
> mode. However, since I am doing presentations using a beamer once in a
> while I need to be able to switch video modes so I decided to upgrade
> the savage driver to 1.1.14 first and then to the brand new 1.1.15. The
> situation is now as follows:
>
>   - can switch resolution, now color distortions
>   - after fresh reboot, can switch into text mode consoles and
>     terminate X and be back in text mode
>   - cannot run xmms to view mpegs anymore, this used to work fine with
>     the pre 1.1.4 driver.
>   - After running X for a while, can't switch to text mode consoles
>     anymore, they just give a black screen. Terminating X doesn't work
>     either. I end up with a black screen but can still type commands,
>     however anything else than 'reboot' or 'startx' doesn't make sense
>     anymore.
>
> Is there anybody out there with ideas with respect to an appropriate
> video setup for the T21? Are there probably some secret options in the
> Xconfig file?
>
> - --
> Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net      http://baiti.net/fb/
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