[ltp] 760el display
Andrzej Wasowski
linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:04:39 +0200
Daniel wrote:
>do i have to get a newer kernel?
>
I am not sure about this.
>how would i go about doing
>that.
>
www.kernel.org (download)
unpack where your kernel is and eventually update links (/usr/src/linux
should be enough) so your system sees the new kernel as the one you want
to use.
andrzej
>or should i just start over with a different distro
>like gentoo?
>
>just like to say thanks to all of you who have helped me so
>far, i would probably be reinstalling windows95 about now
>without your help :P
>
>--- Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@innominate.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 16:40:38 -0700, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>yea so exactly how do i find out how what version i
>>>installed?
>>>
>>>
>>A stock 2.4.18 kernel comes with 0.6.8., so 0.7.4 sould
>>be newer no
>>matter what kernel you are using.
>>
>>
>>
>>>i downloaded that thing at
>>>http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/tridentfb but what
>>>exactly do i do with it.
>>>
>>>
>>As you can read in the supplied README file, you have to
>>build a new
>>kernel with the tridentfb.c and tridentfb.h files
>>replaced by the new
>>versions from sourceforge.
>>
>>
>>
>>>--- Norman Levin <normanlevin@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>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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>>
>>
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