RE: questions about toshiba tecra 8100
Bingo!! That's great - many thanks Norm, it works a treat!
I've just put WordPerfect Office 2000 and Applixware5 on the machine too -
all OK up-to-now!
(now for sound.... I've read your previous posts and will give them a try
next....)
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> From: Norman Walsh[SMTP:ndw@nwalsh.com]
> Reply To: Norman Walsh
> Sent: 30 June 2000 11:28
> To: Pugh Mike ML
> Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100
>
> / Pugh Mike ML <Mike.Pugh@astrazeneca.com> was heard to say:
> | Would it be possible for you to describe what "tweaking" you did in
> order to
> | get X working on the 8100 please? If possible could you attach the
> config
> | file (either privately or to the list).
>
> I'm using Tim Roberts updated SVGA server:
> www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html
> In my experience, YMMV, the out-of-the-box debian SVGA server worked, but
> console switching (going from X back to a text-console with C-A-F1, for
> example) produced unreadable garbage on the text-console windows. The
> latest SVGA server from Tim Roberts fixes this problem.
>
> With the SVGA server, I use the following XF86Config (which I got from
> someone else on this list or the tlinux list, so I get no credit for
> it :-)
>
> # no longer a SaX autogenerated XF86Config file
> # Got from the web, hacked by ndw
>
> Section "Files"
> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/share/fonts/forX11"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
> AllowMouseOpenFail
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Keyboard"
> Protocol "Standard"
> # XkbRules "xfree86"
> # XkbModel "pc101"
> # XkbLayout "en"
> # XkbVariant "nodeadkeys"
> XkbKeymap "xfree86(us)"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> SampleRate 60
> BaudRate 1200
> Emulate3Buttons
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Primary-Monitor"
> VendorName "!!! VESA !!!"
> ModelName "1280X1024@75HZ"
> HorizSync 31-80
> VertRefresh 50-85
> Modeline "1024x768" 59.89 1024 1040 1216 1328 768 768 774 802
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Primary-Card"
> VendorName "!!! GENERIC SERVER SELECTION !!!"
> BoardName "SVGA"
> ChipID 0x8a20
> VideoRAM 8192
> Option "sw_cursor"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Driver "SVGA"
> Device "Primary-Card"
> Monitor "Primary-Monitor"
> DefaultColorDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 32
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1024x768"
> Virtual 1024 768
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1024x768"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Be seeing you,
> norm
>
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