XF86Config and IBM Thinkpad 560

XF86Config and IBM Thinkpad 560

Post by Scott Peters » Thu, 08 May 1997 04:00:00



Hi All,

I've just finished installing Linux 3.2 on an IBM Thinkpad 560 laptop.
I have run XF86Setup to get my initial XF86Config file and so far
everything is looking good.   Except, I haven't been able to use the
complete screen.  The screen is shifted down and to the right by
1" and no amount of modeline changes on my part has budged it.  This
laptop uses the Trident 9660 chipset, 1M memory, and SVGA driver.  I've
gotten this all to work on a Compaq LTE5100 laptop but the IBM is giving
me fits.  Has anybody had success with full screen 800x600 resolution
on an IBM Thinkpad 560?

Sap

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XF86Config and IBM Thinkpad 560

Post by Guillermo Orteg » Tue, 13 May 1997 04:00:00



> Hi All,

> I've just finished installing Linux 3.2 on an IBM Thinkpad 560 laptop.
> I have run XF86Setup to get my initial XF86Config file and so far
> everything is looking good.   Except, I haven't been able to use the
> complete screen.  The screen is shifted down and to the right by
> 1" and no amount of modeline changes on my part has budged it.  This
> laptop uses the Trident 9660 chipset, 1M memory, and SVGA driver.  I've
> gotten this all to work on a Compaq LTE5100 laptop but the IBM is giving
> me fits.  Has anybody had success with full screen 800x600 resolution
> on an IBM Thinkpad 560?

> Sap

Yes you can.

Look at the following URL:

http://chaos.ph.utexas.edu/~lera/tp560.html

...and have fun.

--

G. Ortega
European Space Agency


 
 
 

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