[ltp] Thinkpad 760XL - XFree86 Version Video

Bert Haskins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 03 Mar 2004 22:02:32 -0500


IMHO You may be beating a dead horse.
IMHO2 RH9/FC1 versions  don't  run very  well  in  128M  and  the  max  for
760 is 94M, or is it 104, I forget..
I have some 760EDs, keep them for midi stuff, and use bare bones RH7.3.
My 2 cents... Bert

Richard Griffith wrote:

> Adam Southerland wrote:
>
>> Has anyone with the 760 XL model gotten video to work in the new 
>> 4.x.x XFree86?
>
> In a word, no. I would enjoy being proven wrong, but I've never been 
> able to get 4.x working with an 760XL. In fact some of the later 3.x 
> versions, such as the ones included from Redhat 8 on IIRC, don't work 
> either. Not sure what the exact chip level issue is, but after many 
> hours of experimenting, tinkering and googling, I finally gave up.
>
> -Richard
>