Ok guys, thanks for the help. If you don't hear from me, everything went well :)
Later, Matt -----Original Message----- From: Gyurko Szabolcs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:41 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Rage Mobility Because LILO accept only 0xHHHH format at the prompt. If you enter the hex value for 885 it'll work. You can use the hex form in the config file too. Bye. Jon Leonard wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:27:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > > "Matt Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I have a IBM Laptop (A21P) with an ATI Mobility M3 (rev2, agp 2x, 16MB) > > > card, and I'm having trouble with X. > > > > Start by looking at Linux on IBM ThinkPad A20p > > <URL:http://www.zhlive.ch/zhl_contents_linux.html>. It's the same > > video chipset, though I think a different screen. After that, check > > out Linux on Laptops > > <URL:http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>. See if > > anyone has posted anything for the A21p. > > > > You will need to use XF 4.0.2 or 4.0.3, btw. But check out the above > > sites for detailed information. > > I'm running XF 4.0.2 on my A21p (right now!), and it (about 99%) works. > I got my configuration from http://www.slimy.com/~pixel/a21p.html > (A friend's page). My very similar notes are at: > http://slimy.com/~jleonard/config/index.html > > Getting the FB console working was an important first step, complicated by the > fact that vga=ask doesn't accept the 885 mode, but that vga=885 in lilo.conf > does work. > > Jon Leonard > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
