[ltp] T23 and external CRT

[Morten Lund]

Thanks a lot... You really saved my day. I just took the .o-file and 
overwrote my old one. And it worked :)



On Monday 22 April 2002 22:58, Markus Alt wrote:
> m-lund@post8.tele.dk wrote:
> > Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@innominate.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 23:20:24 +0200, Morten Lund wrote:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have just aquired a Thinkpad T23, and everything works
> > >
> > > great, except for
> > >
> > > > one thing... The refresh rate on my external CRT. However
> > >
> > > I am able to get
> > >
> > > > the correct resolution (LCD=1024x768, CRT=1280x1024)
> > > >
> > > > But I cannot get it to display more than 60Hz on my CRT. I
> > >
> > > have tried to
> > >
> > > > insert Modelines in my XF86Config-4 as well. No luck. It
> > >
> > > looks like it just
> > >
> > > > ignores the ModeLines.
> > > >
> > > > Distribution: Mandrake 8.2, X version 4.2.
> > > >
> > > > Is it possible to get more than 60Hz / 1280x1024 on my CRT
> > >
> > > with the current
> > >
> > > > version of X11?
> > >
> > > Does your T23 use a Trident graphics chip?
> >
> > Nope, Savage XI
>
> Morten, I guess you meant a SuperSavage, correct?
>
> I had this working on a T23 with a SuperSavage and 1400x1050@60Hz on the
> LCD as well as 1400x1050@75Hz on the CRT (both at 16 bit depth). There's
> a driver on the S3 website at https://ranger.s3graphics.com/290-298drv
> (file "Savage_4.1.0_binary.tgz") which is in fact for the *Savage*
> chips, not the SuperSavage, but works fine for the latter however. With
> the standard Savage driver in the XFree86 distribution, I also got no
> more than 60Hz on the CRT.
>
> This was with SuSE 7.3 which has XFree86 version 4.1.0-45 on the media.
> I later upgraded to 4.2.0-2 and although the S3 driver was build for
> 4.1.0, it still worked well.
>
> Lately I've installed SuSE 8.0 which comes with XFree86 4.2.0-64.
> Unfortunately this level didn't support the S3 driver any longer: The X
> server immediately coredumped after starting it. The same happens with
> the Savage driver which is developed by Tim Roberts and available at
> http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html . I've already sent Tim a mail
> to let him know.
>
> In order to be able to run the "good old" S3 driver again, I've
> downgraded the XFree86 RPMs on my machine back to the 4.2.0-2 upgrade
> level for SuSE 7.3. Works great and I can use the CRT again without
> going mad because of the flicker: Happy camper.
>
> Bottom line: Give the driver from the S3 site a try and if it doesn't
> like your XFree86 version (I don't know the exact level Mandrake 8.2
> comes with), try downgrading to a lower level.
>
> HTH,
> Markus

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