Getting X working on Thinkpad A31p
Dear All
I'm installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 on an IBM Thinkpad A31p, all is
going smoothly apart from a couple of areas. One is XFree86 4.1, which
will install but not run. I found some leads at the linux-laptop page
(http://www.linux-laptop.net) and linuxcare.
It seems that the A31p has an ATI Radeon Mobility chip which is not
supported by XFree86 4.1. Some Thinkpad users have had luck installing
XFree86 4.2 and a couple of extra drivers and/or kernel patches. This
is the road I'm going to try. A couple of questions before I do:
1. I have the XFree86 4.2 source; I imagine it would be better to
install this as a .deb than from source directly. Is this correct? If
so, how go I go about it (or where would I find such info in
man/info/howto/etc?).
2. I'm installing the bf2.4 flavour of Debian Woody. Installing kernel
modules, the video module aty128fb (for ATI Rage 128) installed fine,
but radeonfb failed with a 'No such device' error. Yet the A31p does
have a Radeon chip. What's happening?
Any leads wrt either of the above would be much appreciated.
I've benefitted greatly from the information other Thinkpad users have
posted on the web and, once I've got X working, I'll make my experiences
available in a useful format on the linux-laptop aite or any other
appropriate location.
Best wishes
Ivan Uemlianin
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