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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Simon Atkinson wrote:
> (I am using BL3)
> > > Linux up an running on my Toshiba Libretto 100CT notebook -- not bad
> > > specs: 64 MB RAM, 2 GB hard disk two PCMCIA slots etc. I installed BL3
> > > on a partition running openDOS 7.01, suppressed all the relevant
> > > start-up files (autoexec.bat config.sys etc) and booted up the system.
> > > It seems to work fine though I can't get X to work. I suspect that the
> > > current X server doesn't like the Neomagic graphics chip (I changer the
> > > server at some stage)!
> >
> > Since I have a Neomagic chip NM-2160 (same as in your Libretto) in my
> > Gateway laptop I looked up the info for it:
>
> > The chip is said to support vesa framebuffer.   You can try my
> > framebuffer kernel for 2.2.16 or 2.4.31 as a test.
> > http://keesan.freeshell.org/2.2.16/zimage.fsm
> > http://keesan.freeshell.org/2.4.31/bzimagla.431
> >
> > You would specify vga=   some mode number with loadlin to use vesafb.
> > 785 for 640x480, 788 for 800x600 true-color

I used my smf kernel with vga=785 and then loaded xfbdev from floppy disk.
It listed three listening sockets it could not establish and exited.

> Many cards are Xvesa compatible (Vesa 1.2) but won't work with xfbdev
> (needs VESA 2.0 and often that is not enough).

Xvesa -listmodes listed 800x600x24 and many other modes.
But Xvesa produces vertical pink and blue stripes.  Without config.sys.

>  Slackware 4.0 xsvga.tgz ought to work.  See Steven's no-xvesa.tgz at the
>  add-ons page.

SVGA X server works perfectly.

Gateway Solo 2000


> Sindi