[ltp] Re: start GUI on A31p with RHEL 2.1

[Ajay Mulwani]

=20
Thanks for the response.
I got the GUI running using the "vesa" driver.

Regards,
Ajay


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From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org
[mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of Daniel
Pittman
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 7:52 AM
To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Subject: [ltp] Re: start GUI on A31p with RHEL 2.1

On 2 Sep 2004, Ajay Mulwani wrote:
> Could anyone please suggest how to invoke GUI on an A31p with RHEL
2.1?
> I have tried using Xconfigurator and fglrxconfig (fglrx-4.1.0-3.7.6)=20
> but was not successful.

I don't recall what version of X is available on 2.1, but IIRC it is 4.1
or so.  This is the monitor/driver/screen section from my X
configuration for an A31p, which just works using the built-in driver:

Regards,
        Daniel

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Radeon 7800"
        Driver          "radeon"
        Option          "AGPMode"       "1"
        Option          "AGPSize"       "256"
        Option          "EnablePageFlip" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "A31p LCD Panel"
        HorizSync       30-75
        VertRefresh     50-85
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Default Screen"
        Device          "Radeon 7800"
        Monitor         "A31p LCD Panel"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        Screen          "Default Screen"
        InputDevice     "Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Mouse"
EndSection


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