I've got a couple Thinkpad 560 machines, that use the 9382/9385 (not sure which) chipset. I never managed to get the trident drivers to work in XFree86 4, but was able to get them working using "vesa" as the driver.
At one point, I actually pulled the ATI drivers from CVS and built them, as there were some fixes, but still had no luck.
These days, I use XFree86 3.3.6 on them, you may want to investigate using the older X.
Good luck, John
From: Brendan Dacre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad, X Server won't start Date: 10 Jan 2004 19:53:21 +1100
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 02:08, Ryan Morgan wrote: > Hi all, was wondering if anyone could offer some assistance. I just > installed Debian Woody on an IBM Thinkpad (specs below). I believe I > have XF86Config-4 configured properly for my video setup, because I've > found other users with the same machine and used the same applicable > settings (driver, HorizSync, VertRefresh, etc). However the X server > refuses to start, with this complaint: > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > (entire log file below) > ... > 'Puter specs: > ----------------------------------------------------------- > * IBM Thinkpad 760 LD > * Pentium 90, 24 MB RAM, 810 MB HD > * Trident Cyber 9320 video > * Laptop LCD display, 640x480 maximum resolution (ugh!) > * I'm using gdm display manager. Does that matter? > ... > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Standard VGA" > VendorName "Unknown" > BoardName "Unknown" > > Driver "vga" > EndSection > ... > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "Trident Cyber 9320 (generic)"
Device "Standard VGA"
> Monitor "ibm thinkpad 760 screen" > DefaultDepth 8 > > Subsection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "640x480" > ViewPort 0 0 > EndSubsection > EndSection >
Ryan,
Have you tried using the standard VGA driver rather than the trident?
According to http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/ the svga driver should work with your chipset and might get better resolution (800x600).
Brendan
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