[ltp] Is 800x600 possible on 365X (2625-2E9) DSTN?

[Kirk Turner-Rustin]

I'm running a stock RedHat 6.1 distro on my 386X (2625 2E9) including 
XFree 3.3.6 and KDE 1.1.2. There are some very helpful web sites about 
running Linux on the 365X/XD. Examples:

http://members.home.net/bjhenry1/linux/linux-smurf.htm
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html      <-- Click the links to 365X/XD

Also check other posts to this list about the 365X and XD.

Here are the relevant portions of my XF86Config, if they are any help to 
you. Note that I've upgraded to the latest BIOS for this TP. Also note 
that even with this config, I have to press Fn+F7 once after starting X 
following a cold boot in order to get the video set properly. This has 
also been reported elsewhere.

<begin XF86Config exerpts>

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************
 
Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "ThinkPad LCD DSTN 800x600"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    ModelName   "ThinkPad 365X"
    HorizSync   30-80
    VertRefresh 50-90
 
    Modeline "640x480-60" 25.175 640 664 760 800  480 491 493 525
#---------------------------------------------------------------------+
# 800x600-56 with the 9385 chipset produces the dreaded orange lines! |
#     Modeline "800x600-56" 36  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625     |
#---------------------------------------------------------------------+
Modeline "800x600-60" 40  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
Modeline "800x600-72" 50  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
 
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************
 
# Any number of graphics device sections may be present
 
Section "Device"
    Identifier        "tgui9320"
    VendorName        "Trident"
    BoardName         "tgui9320"
    Chipset           "cyber9385"   # <-- Works better than cyber9320!
    ClockChip         "tgui"
    Option            "linear"
 
#-----------------------------------------------------------------+
# Other possible settings:                                        |
#     Option            "noaccel"         # cyber9320 chipset     |
#     Option            "nolinear"                                |
#     Option            "lcd_center"                              |
#     Option            "no_stretch"                              |
#     Option            "tgui_mclk_66"                            |
#     Option            "xaa_no_color_exp"                        |
#     Option            "no_pixmap_cache"                         |
#     Chipset           "cyber9320"       # produces orange lines |
#     VideoRam 1024                       # this is autodetected  |
#-----------------------------------------------------------------+

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
 
# The Colour SVGA server
 
Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "tgui9320"
    Monitor     "ThinkPad LCD DSTN 800x600"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "800x600-72" "640x480-60"
        ViewPort    0 0
        Virtual     800 600
    EndSubsection
EndSection

<end XF86Config exerpts>

On Monday 04 June 2001 03:20 pm, you wrote:
> I've spent more time than I'd like trying to get ANY Linux
> distribution going in a Thinkpad 365X (with 11.3" DSTN display).
> In general I can get 640x480 at 256 colors to work to some
> extent, but that's not very satisfactory because some of the
> applications don't set up scroll bars (and I haven't yet found
> a scrolling-desktop window manager), and in any event when
> exiting "X" the character-mode display is mangled (it looks like
> downloaded font tables get overwritten; no fix possible that I've
> seen yet.) Any 800x600 option results in the display having two
> bright yellow lines across it but nothing otherwise visible...
>
> TIA,
>
> Dave wb0gaz@hotmail.com
>
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Kirk Turner-Rustin
Programmer/Analyst
ktrustin@owu.edu
Ohio Wesleyan University
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