On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Doyle Clifton Miller wrote:
> Anyone successfully running X on an IBM NetVista All-In-One System?
> I've tried several monitor configurations under Xconfig and when it runs
> the self-test it correctly reports 1024x768, but when I start X, the
> display is 600x480 which is impossible to work with. I've downloaded
> the 630 driver from SIS so I don't think it's a driver problem. IBM
> isn't supporting the NetVista running under Linux and I can't seem to
> find any clear reference help on the Net. Perhaps I should upgrade to
> XFree86 4.0 (I'm running RedHat 6.2 which comes with an earlier release
> of XFree86), but since the NetVista comes with a winmodem, I can't even
> download the files until I have X running to enable me to download via
> high speed adsl connection through eth0. Appreciate any help anyone can
> offer.
Note: I am not speaking for IBM here, I had been asked to quickly setup a NetVista X40
for a demo with RedHat 7.0, and encountered some problems with XFree86 that I managed
to solve to a sufficient extend for the demo to work, but might not be enough for
day-to-day operation.
I first tried to get XFree86 4.0 working, but it looked as the SIS module as shipped
by RedHat with XF86 4.01a is just broken, and I did not want to go through the source,
and rebuilding everything (did not have the time simply).
The only working configuration I found after some trial-and-error was the following:
- make sure your kernel has support for VESA framebuffer
- add VGA= option to lilo.conf to set display to a 1024x768 resolution.
- use XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA server
- run xf86config and select custom monitor type with the following settings:
- High Frequency SVGA, 1024x768 @ 70Hz
- Vertical range 40-150
I would suggest you setup XF86 with the same colour depth as the VESA framebuffer.
This was the only way I could get a picture out of it, trying to use the XF86 SVGA
server without having the VESA framebuffer enabled and setup simply did not work.
Do note however, that stopping the X server (or switching away from it) tends to
behave really bad with this configuration.
I also tried using the XF86 3.3.6 and 4.01a fbdev server/module, but did not manage to
get it working quickly enough.
I don't have the machine here anymore, so cannot test other possible configurations
anymore.
Regarding the modem, I have no idea. The model I had only had an Ethernet adapter, and
it worked fine.
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