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  1. #1
    brokenvoice Guest

    IBM Thinpad 600e Display Problems

    Hi

    I'm fairly new to Linux in general and very new to putting it on a laptop. I've got FC2 installed on a friend's 600e but the display is pretty crunchy. I can't get it to go past 800*600 even though the display is rated for 1024*768 and the font rendering especially is completely messed up.

    Google hasn't been of much help, so if anyone has any info on how I could go about fixing my problem, I'd be very grateful.

  2. #2
    kosmosik Guest
    try changing /etc/X11/xorg.conf like this (just copy and paste)...
    Code:
    Section "ServerLayout"
    	Identifier     "Default Layout"
    	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
    EndSection
    
    Section "ServerFlags"
    	Option	"DontZoom"
    	Option	"blank time"	"10"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Files"
    	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Module"
    	Load  "dbe"
    	Load  "extmod"
    	Load  "fbdevhw"
    	Load  "freetype"
    	Load  "type1"
    	SubSection	"extmod"
    		Option	"omit xfree86-dga"
    	EndSubSection	
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    	Driver      "keyboard"
    	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
    	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc102"
    	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier  "Mouse0"
    	Driver      "mouse"
    	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
    	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"
    	Option		"Emulate3Timeout"	"100"
    	Option 		"ZAxisMapping"    	"4 5"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
    	Driver      "mouse"
    	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier   "Monitor0"
    	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    	ModelName    "0"
    	HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
    	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
    	Option	    "dpms"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "Videocard0"
    	Driver      "neomagic"
    	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
    	BoardName   "NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD (laptop/notebook)"
    	Option	    "externDisp"
    	Option	    "internDisp"
    	Option		"SWcursor"
    	Option      "XaaNoScanlineImageWriteRect"
    	Option      "XaaNoScanlineCPUToScreenColorExpandFill"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "Screen0"
    	Device     "Videocard0"
    	Monitor    "Monitor0"
    	DefaultDepth     16
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Depth     16
    		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    FYI I own same laptop model using it right now... oh! and mind keyboard layout... (I've changed it in this config for you...

    http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html

  3. #3
    brokenvoice Guest

    Thanks!

    Thanks for your help, kosmosik, it worked a treat. I had to make a few minor changes but I could figure them out from the previous xorg.conf (mainly to do with a different graphics chipset and changing the input locale to gb).

    I know a few people talk about how FC is bloated but it works really well on this old laptop, that my friend had just left sitting on a shelf due it being a pain to use with Windows.

  4. #4
    kosmosik Guest
    it works nice on mine. but I have tweaked every little thing of it (I like it)... but Fedora is indeed bloated. everytime when I install it I find myself removing tons of bloat and stupid dependencies

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