Re: IBM Thinkpad, X Server won't start
Hi,
I've got a couple Thinkpad 560 machines, that use the
9382/9385 (not sure which) chipset. I never managed to
get the trident drivers to work in XFree86 4, but was able to
get them working using "vesa" as the driver.
At one point, I actually pulled the ATI drivers from CVS and
built them, as there were some fixes, but still had no luck.
These days, I use XFree86 3.3.6 on them, you may want to
investigate using the older X.
Good luck, John
From: Brendan Dacre <brendand@accsoft.com.au>
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad, X Server won't start
Date: 10 Jan 2004 19:53:21 +1100
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 02:08, Ryan Morgan wrote:
> Hi all, was wondering if anyone could offer some assistance. I just
> installed Debian Woody on an IBM Thinkpad (specs below). I believe I
> have XF86Config-4 configured properly for my video setup, because I've
> found other users with the same machine and used the same applicable
> settings (driver, HorizSync, VertRefresh, etc). However the X server
> refuses to start, with this complaint:
>
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11. Server aborting
> (entire log file below)
>
...
> 'Puter specs:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> * IBM Thinkpad 760 LD
> * Pentium 90, 24 MB RAM, 810 MB HD
> * Trident Cyber 9320 video
> * Laptop LCD display, 640x480 maximum resolution (ugh!)
> * I'm using gdm display manager. Does that matter?
>
...
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Standard VGA"
> VendorName "Unknown"
> BoardName "Unknown"
>
> Driver "vga"
> EndSection
>
...
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen 1"
> Device "Trident Cyber 9320 (generic)"
Device "Standard VGA"
> Monitor "ibm thinkpad 760 screen"
> DefaultDepth 8
>
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> Subsection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "640x480"
> ViewPort 0 0
> EndSubsection
> EndSection
>
Ryan,
Have you tried using the standard VGA driver rather than the trident?
According to http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/ the svga driver should work
with your chipset and might get better resolution (800x600).
Brendan
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