[ltp] T21 Video problems

[Stan Repetta]

I'm using it on my T21 and I've used it on my old 600. However, I haven't had a
chance to check it out with an external display yet. I do have two flat panels
out my house. I'll check it out in the morning and let you know how it works
with both of the them on at the same time. My flat panels are 1024 and I'm
running my display at 1400x1024 using  XiG's CDE/Motif software.

I was using X11R6 4.02 that I built from the source code but I like the CDE
environment so I decided to go back in time and get their version for my T21.





"D. Sen" wrote:

> Anyone using the xig X-server for the T-21?
>
> "D. Sen" wrote:
>
> > 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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