[ltp] Re:Video for TP760XL

[Tony Willoughby]

On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 11:24, Matthew Muzzi wrote:
> What type of video card does the 390E use?  Is it the Trinity( I think
> that's what it's called ) model?

NeoMagic 256 

It was not explicitly listed when setting up the video.  I just selected
"generic".


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Willoughby [mailto:tonyw@pobox.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 11:27 AM
> To: linux-thinkpad-mailing-list
> Subject: RE: [ltp] Re:Video for TP760XL
> 
> 
> 
> As a datapoint:  The RH7.3 install was flawless on my 390E.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 11:10, Matthew Muzzi wrote:
> > After reading a few posts on the list it seems to me that RH 7.3 has many
> > problems when it comes to laptops.  I used Mandrake 8.1 and EVERYTHING
> went
> > smooth.  Seems to me to be a limitation on Red Hat's part.  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles E Taylor IV [mailto:tomalek@mindspring.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 8:58 AM
> > To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> > Subject: Re: [ltp] Re:Video for TP760XL
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 07:09:34 -0400
> > Matthew Muzzi <mmuzzi@Exchange.Softimage.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > That's weird cause I tried to install RedHat 7.3 and kept crashing to a
> > > blank screen during install.  I have 3 760XD's and it wouldn't work on
> > > any of them.  Any suggestions?  
> > 
> > I haven't yet tried 7.3, but I notice that sometimes Redhat's installer
> > doesn't cope well with either bad media or low memory - crashing in odd
> > ways.  You might try using the text-based installer instead and then
> > configuring X.
> > 
> > For what it's worth, Redhat 7.2 installed fine on my 760XD.  I used the
> > network install because I didn't have a functional CD-ROM at the time.  I
> > *think* this kicked me into text mode.
> > 
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