Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:46:42 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Karl Agee <kdagee@owt.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad i1300 X setup woes Message-ID: <20030729154642.A16035D07@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Karl Agee <kdagee@owt.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20030728221505.00a92dd0@pop3.owt.com>
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> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:24:26 -0700 > From: Karl Agee <kdagee@owt.com> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > > --=======69FB4978======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-111266E6; charset=us-ascii; > format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Having more woes trying to get X setup on a Thinkpad i1300. To recap: > > chip: silicon motion lynxEM+ > memory: 2 mb (according to win98se) > Display: 800x600 hpa > > System: FreeBSD 4.8-Release > > Have not been able to get X configured. The same laptop runs X in Knoppix, > Red Hat 9, Suse 8.2, and now Debian Woody just_fine. In fact, I just > installed Woody in a fit of insanity and I didnt have to mess with > anything, just used debconf--asked me what chip I had and display > characteristics (nothing about frequencies) and when I executed "startx" I > got a nice 8 bit kde desktop. > > Now, I have noted that the XF86Config file is in ver 3.x format, not the -4 > format. And Freebsd is running XFree86 4.3.0. I dont know if the tools in > use are old, or what the problem is. "debconf"? I'm not familiar with that. I would suggest starting with "XFree86 -configure". That will generally produce a functional, if not optimal configuration. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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