Katherine Harris wrote:
>
> I, perhaps foolishly, have transformed my brother's Toshiba 2515CDS
> Satellite into a RedHat 6.1 box. It all works! except for, naturally, X.
> Here's the story:
> 2515CDS Toshiba Satellite.
> The video chip is a Chips & Tech 69000, with 2 MB RAM. This chip is
> supported under XFree86 3.3.3. I believe I have XFree86 3.3.5, so that
> should work.
> The screen is your typical LCD screen. I have NO idea what the refresh
> rate is, save only that another laptop in the house that's still running
> Windows can manage 800x600 16bpp with no problem.
>
> Right now, when I load X, I get a teensy screen, that I think ends up being
> about 320x400 with 256 colors. (And the fonts are really hideous, but I
> hear that's normal.) I've tried running all the startx color depth
> switches, but it ends up looking pretty much the same. I've tried cycling
> through all the resolutions, but only the 320x400 works. I've tried
> XConfigurator, I've tried XF86Config. I've tried setting up my XF86Config
> the same as one guy who says on his webpage that he got X to work on the
> same model. Nothing helps. I haven't quite yet gotten to exorcism, but
> I'm beginning to contemplate it.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/laptop/welcome.html is the 'Laptops on
Linux' webpages where users of wide varieties of laptops report how they
got their own machines installed and welcome discussion. This is a GREAT
laptop resource, and many laptop problems are solved here that we lack
the resources to. We can only certify machines that are shipped to us
for certification. If you can get the new Xfree86-3.3.6 your chances of
installing X will improve greatly. :) Ric
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