On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, kiss the sun and walk on air wrote: hi, > I just got Debian installed on my new Tecra 8200 laptop (that was a > challenge in and of itself, i'm going to write it up later). > > I am now having massive troubles getting xfree86 working. I am running > the latest version of unstable with XFree86 4.1.0. yep, me 2
> This laptop uses the Trident CyberBladeXP chipset, which 4.1 > supports. If I use startx as a user to launch XFree, I get booted back > to the command prompt. If I launch XFree86 directly as root, it gives > me a screen of garbage. yes, well I tried to start it via xinit (startx is really an interface to xinit) which does rather well. I think startx has problems cause in my desktop it broke my X after an upgrade. > I know I am having troubles with my modelines, as this machine has the > XSVGA+ screen, 1400x1050. I have tried many 1400x1050 modelines for > other lcd's with no luck. I don't know how or where to find proper > information about the valid horiz and vert refresh ranges for the LCD > panel. hmm, the toshiba manual? > There are 2 entries on linux-laptops regarding the 8200, but one > references the other's XFree setup. I tried that with no luck (uses > fbdev), but it is with the 1024x768 screen. > > Any and all help is greatly appreciated :) > -pete > > -- > (peter.royal|osi)@pobox.com - http://pobox.com/~osi - uin#153025 > your brain on life - http://fotap.org - incubating > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, ~1784 > ----------- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------
