[ltp] Thinkpad 760XL - XFree86 Version Video

[Adam Southerland]

>From: jeff <jdavis70@tampabay.rr.com>
>Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>Subject: Re: [ltp] Thinkpad 760XL - XFree86 Version Video
>Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:08:36 +0000
>
>I used to have a 760EL that had the same graphics chipset. With 3.3.x, the 
>Trident drivers work fine. But they did not work with 4.x versions. What I 
>did was (with Mandrake, other distros may call it something else) to select 
>"unlisted SVGA" for the card and everything was happy with that choice. I 
>believe that unlisted SVGA was simply a FB driver as a failsafe if your 
>video card wasn't supported.
>
>Hope this helps,
>    jeff
>
>--

3.3.6 is simple now... (got it working last night...) it's just a nuisance 
to have to go and download or in my case install Slack 7.1 to make it work 
right... (Have to compile my own NIC Drivers so downloading is rather 
difficult at first =)

Micah (Adam Southerland)

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