Date: Sat, 06 Jun 1998 18:37:16 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.lmsal.com> Cc: Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TP560 running X Message-ID: <9789.897151036@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Jun 1998 09:27:32 PDT." <Pine.OSF.3.96.980606092203.743A-100000@sag.lmsal.com>
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In message <Pine.OSF.3.96.980606092203.743A-100000@sag.lmsal.com>, Brian Handy writes: > >[To recap: the motherboard on my TP560C went south and I sent it back to >IBM for service. When it came back, they had replaced the motherboard and >upgraded the BIOS to whatever-the-current-standard-is. X didn't work when >I got it back.] > >On Sat, 6 Jun 1998, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>I have a tp560 here that didn't work last time I tried. It did work with >>the previous version of XF86 though. > >Poul-Henning wins the Kewpie Doll. I went hunting around my other systems >and came up with a 3.3.1 XF86_SVGA binary, and a new XF86Config file from >the Japanese laptop site someone mentioned earlier. (Sorry I don't have >this information available...my life is in total disarray right now.) >Anyway, replacing the binary did the trick. Using the curent XF86_SVGA >just doesn't work with *any* XF86Config file I could muster. The older >SVGA works with one set up for a TP560E, though. > >This sucks. I think a well-placed email needs to go to someone on the >XFree86 project and see if we can get this ironed out so It Just Works. I already filed the bug, but I don't have the TP560 available anymore, feel free to take over the bugging... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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