Update on X & NeoMagic (was Re: X with a NeoMagic card)

1998-07-23 Thread Seth M. Landsman
Folks, So I just got my laptop (a Gateway Solo 2300SE) yesterday. This machine has a NeoMagic video card (128XD card, I believe. NM2160 chipset). So far Linux has gone fairly painlessly. PCMCIA was a pain, as the modules installed by the Debian 1.3.1 CD were different than the ones the ke

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-23 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Ok.. I found the key, I tried that and I also hooked up an external monitor >to see if I could see something and it turned of the monitor like Win95 does >when in the wrong video mode. What's in your /etc/X11/XF86Config? --

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Matthew Myers
Ok.. I found the key, I tried that and I also hooked up an external monitor to see if I could see something and it turned of the monitor like Win95 does when in the wrong video mode. I am running a Dell Latitude CP M233XT with the NM2190 chipset. I am very frustrated. I would really like to use

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 04:33:04PM -0500, Matthew Myers wrote: > I am running a Dell Latitude CP M233XT, I have the XBF server, but dont know > how to tell X to use the LCD. How would I go about that? On my machine (a gateway solo 2300) there is a Fn key that says LCD/CRT. There is proba

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Matthew Myers
I am running a Dell Latitude CP M233XT, I have the XBF server, but dont know how to tell X to use the LCD. How would I go about that? -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Seth M. Landsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > Also, a more general question to everyone, can one, legally, >repackage the XBF servers in a .deb? I'd be interested in doing this, but >I'm not sure if it violates their license ... AFAICT you can, and I announc

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Seth M. Landsman
On Wed, Jul 22, 1998 at 02:01:31PM -0500, Matthew Myers wrote: > I wrote earlier this week about having a neomagic video card in my laptop. > This card is not normally supported by X, however I have found via searches > an xserver for it. Here is my problem, I must have the xserver configured > wr

Re: X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Ian Lynagh
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I must have the xserver configured >wrong in my XF86Config file because when I start X the screen goes black and >stays that way. What sort of laptop do you have? Do you have the NeoMagic 2160 or 2070 or what? Describe exact

X with a NeoMagic card

1998-07-22 Thread Matthew Myers
I wrote earlier this week about having a neomagic video card in my laptop. This card is not normally supported by X, however I have found via searches an xserver for it. Here is my problem, I must have the xserver configured wrong in my XF86Config file because when I start X the screen goes black