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henry wrote:
>
> what is the appropriate xserver i must use to support the 
> neomagic video cip on my ibm thinkpad 600 laptop
> id love to have x running with a nic res on it

I did a search and found the following:

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Certain laptops will only boot zImage kernels. bzImage kernels 
won't work. This is a known problem with the IBM Thinkpad 600 
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Support (accelerated) for the NeoMagic NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, 
NM2097, NM2160 and NM2200 chipsets is provided by the XF86_SVGA 
server. The NM2230 and later chips are only supported in XFree86
4.0.3.
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1. Supported hardware
    * NeoMagic 2200 (MagicMedia256AV)
    * NeoMagic 2160 (MagicGraph128XD)
    * NeoMagic 2097 (MagicGraph128ZV+)
    * NeoMagic 2093 (MagicGraph128ZV)
    * NeoMagic 2090 (MagicGraph128V)
    * NeoMagic 2070 (MagicGraph128)

2.  Features
    * Full support for internal flat panels, external monitors, 
      and simultaneous internal/external displays.
    * Complete set of Panel Resolutions supported including stretch 
      and centering modes for running lower resolutions on fixed 
      resolution panels.
    * Support for depths of 8, 15, 16 and 24 bits per pixel.
    * Hardware Cursor support to reduce sprite flicker.
    * Hardware accelerated drawing engine for 8, 15 and 16 bit per 
      pixel modes.
    * Fully programmable clocks in external monitor only mode.
    * Robust text mode restore for VT switching.

3. Configuration

The driver auto-detects all device info included memory size, so use 
the following device section in your XF86Config file:

        Section "Device"
                Identifier      "NeoMagic"
        EndSection

or let xf86config or XF86Setup do this for you.

But if you have problems with auto-detection, you can specify:

      VideoRam  - in kilobytes
      DacSpeed  - in MHz
      MemBase   - physical address of the linear framebuffer
      MMIOBase  - physical address of the memory mapped IO registers

6. Driver Options

    * "linear" - linear framebuffer mode (default)
    * "no_linear" - banked framebuffer mode
    * "no_accel" - software rendering only
    * "hw_cursor" - hardware cursor requested (default)
    * "sw_cursor" - software cursor only
    * "mmio" - use I/O space via memory map (default)
    * "no_mmio" - use I/O space directly
    * "intern_disp" - enable internal display (default)
    * "extern_disp" - enable external display
    * "no_stretch" - disable stretching of lower resolution modes on panel
    * "lcd_center" - center lower resolution modes on panel

NOTE: Stretching of panel image is on by default for lower panel resolutions.
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So it looks like you should install xsvga.tgz.  I suggest 
you also install xset.tgz and run XF86Setup to configure 
the SVGA Xserver.

If you succeed, please report back.  I don't think anybody
here has tried this before.

Cheers,
Steven