Thanks for the suggestions. Wish I could report success, but I can't. Tried the
steps you outlined (think I did them correctly) but still have the same results. No
matter what it says in Xconfigurator, no matter what it says in lilo.conf, no matter
what it says in
XFree86Config, when I start X, the display comes up as 600x480. I just can't fanthom
where it's getting those values. I have physically removed all modes except the
1024x768 ones in XFree86Config. How does X manage to reference 600x480 then? I'm
beginning to get really,
really, really frustrated here. Am I the only person in the universe who bought the
NetVista X40i and set it up as a dual boot machine with the expectation that I would
need only the usual minimal tweaking of linux to have a robust AND graphical
environment?
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllppppppppppp!!!!!!!!
Tonko de Rooy wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Doyle Clifton Miller wrote:
> > Anyone successfully running X on an IBM NetVista All-In-One System?
> > I've tried several monitor configurations under Xconfig and when it runs
> > the self-test it correctly reports 1024x768, but when I start X, the
> > display is 600x480 which is impossible to work with. I've downloaded
> > the 630 driver from SIS so I don't think it's a driver problem. IBM
> > isn't supporting the NetVista running under Linux and I can't seem to
> > find any clear reference help on the Net. Perhaps I should upgrade to
> > XFree86 4.0 (I'm running RedHat 6.2 which comes with an earlier release
> > of XFree86), but since the NetVista comes with a winmodem, I can't even
> > download the files until I have X running to enable me to download via
> > high speed adsl connection through eth0. Appreciate any help anyone can
> > offer.
>
> Note: I am not speaking for IBM here, I had been asked to quickly setup a NetVista
>X40 for a demo with RedHat 7.0, and encountered some problems with XFree86 that I
>managed to solve to a sufficient extend for the demo to work, but might not be enough
>for day-to-day operation.
>
> I first tried to get XFree86 4.0 working, but it looked as the SIS module as shipped
>by RedHat with XF86 4.01a is just broken, and I did not want to go through the
>source, and rebuilding everything (did not have the time simply).
>
> The only working configuration I found after some trial-and-error was the following:
> - make sure your kernel has support for VESA framebuffer
> - add VGA= option to lilo.conf to set display to a 1024x768 resolution.
> - use XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA server
> - run xf86config and select custom monitor type with the following settings:
> - High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 @ 70Hz
> - Vertical range 40-150
>
> I would suggest you setup XF86 with the same colour depth as the VESA framebuffer.
> This was the only way I could get a picture out of it, trying to use the XF86 SVGA
>server without having the VESA framebuffer enabled and setup simply did not work.
> Do note however, that stopping the X server (or switching away from it) tends to
>behave really bad with this configuration.
>
> I also tried using the XF86 3.3.6 and 4.01a fbdev server/module, but did not manage
>to get it working quickly enough.
>
> I don't have the machine here anymore, so cannot test other possible configurations
>anymore.
>
> Regarding the modem, I have no idea. The model I had only had an Ethernet adapter,
>and it worked fine.
>
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