[ltp] 760el display

[Norman Levin]

Tino Keitel wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 00:12:53 -0700, Daniel wrote:
>>> hey, im new to  linux, i previously had win95 on my 760el.
>>> im in the process of downloading and installing slackware
>>> linux.  I am having some difficulty configuring x window.
>>> whenever i try to start it, it loads but the screen is
>>> garbled.  is this incorrect refresh rate? both the auto
>>> configuration, and when i did it manually give the same
>>> results,  changing color depth does affect the color of the
>> 
>> If you would tell us what version of XFree86 you are using I think
>> there would be a kind soul on the list and post a working XF86Config
>> for you.
>> 
>>> "fuzz" and thats about it.  also i cant get lilo to load in
>>> any resolution to load higher than 640x480. anyways, im
>>> gonna go back and mess around with it some more.
>> 
>> VESA framebuffer won't work because the VESA bios of your TP is too
>> old. However, kernel 2.4.18 has support for Trident framebuffer. Look
>> at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/tridentfb for the newest
>> version. I tested it on my 765L (Cyber9385) and got a wonderfull
>> 1024x768 console :-). There are still some problems like disabled
>> acceleration after switching to another virtual console or the hang
>> after a reset, but it's work in progress.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Tino
>> 
>> --
** don't know how old the TP model 760 is compared to my old 385ED, but
framebuffer support worked on the 385.
norm


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