Subject: Re: ThinkPad issues
To: Matt <spore@psibercom.org>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/14/1998 10:53:18
> trying to get XF86 running on my ThinkPad 560.  I've looked for hard specs
> on the Trident TGUI 9660 (Cyber 9385/82) video chipset and have
> essentially come up with nothing.
> 
> Has anyone got an example XF86Config on a ThinkPad they could throw at me?
> Or direct me to some chipset specs?

I've got a ThinkPad 760EL (800x600).  XF86's startup messages make
the following claims about my video hardware:

(--) SVGA: PCI: Trident TGUI 9660/9680/9682 rev 211, Memory @ 0x08000000, 0x08400000
(--) Trident chipset version: 0xd3 (TGUI96xx)
(--) SVGA: BIOS reports Clock Control Bits 0x0
(--) SVGA: Detected a Trident 9385.
(--) SVGA: Detected an TFT  800x600 Display
(--) SVGA: Revision 51.

I'm using an XF86 3.3.1 server.  ("if it works, why mess with it?")

My XF86Config is below.  Good luck.  (I had a ... pretty hard time
finding a good set of configuration data.  I hope you have it a bit
easier!)


cgd
(Not speaking for Digital.  Just for the record: I bought my
ThinkPad before I came to work for Digital, and have almost no
experience with Digital laptops so can't compare it to them.  8-)
=============================================================================
Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Keyboard"
    Protocol    "Standard"
    AutoRepeat  500 5
EndSection

Section "Pointer"
    Protocol    "BusMouse"
    Device      "/dev/pms0"

    Emulate3Buttons
    Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "ThinkPad"
    VendorName  "IBM"
    ModelName   "560"

    HorizSync   25-79
    VertRefresh 20-76
    Modeline    "640x480" 28.32 640 664 760 800    480 491 493 525
    ModeLine    "800x600" 28.32 800 808 1024 1040  600 600 626 640 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "GUI"
    VendorName  "Trident"
    BoardName   "9385"
    Option      "noaccel"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "svga"
    VendorName  "ibm"
    BoardName   "bar"
    Chipset     "generic"
    ClockChip   "tgui"
    VideoRam    1024
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "GUI"
    Monitor     "ThinkPad"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    Subsection  "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "VGA16"
    Device      "svga"
    Monitor     "ThinkPad"
    SubSection  "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes       "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection